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Tempest in a Tea Kettle: CO2Stats Founder Caught in Frenzy Around Environmental Costs of a Google Search
(Jan. 14, 2009—Further updated and corrected with comments from the Sunday Times of London and Alex Wissner-Gross—see below)
Updated and corrected, see below: I just got off the phone with Alex Wissner-Gross, co-founder of Cambridge, MA-based CO2Stats (the recent Y Combinator alumnus firm is run out of an apartment here in Kendall Square), who is at the center of what he calls an “international uproar” about the environmental impact of a Google search. He says that, contrary to published reports, he has not made any [[calculations about the specific environmental impact of]–phrase added for clarification on Jan. 14] Google searches, the subject of a sensational report in the Sunday Times of London yesterday. But he is clearly reveling in all the attention—both for his startup and for its cause of raising awareness about the environmental costs associated with operating websites.
If you missed the firestorm of coverage yesterday and today, the Times yesterday ran a story claiming that every Google search results in the emission of 7 grams of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. “Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches,” blared the Times headline. The subhead reads: “Physicist Alex Wissner-Gross says that performing two Google searches uses up as much energy as boiling the kettle for a cup of tea.” From the body of the article:
While millions of people tap into Google without considering the environment, a typical search generates about 7g of CO2 Boiling a kettle generates about 15g. “Google operates huge data centres around the world that consume a great deal of power,” said Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard University physicist whose research on the environmental impact of computing is due out soon. “A Google search has a definite environmental impact.”
The Times story and stories about it have dominated technology news aggregators like Techmeme and (ironically) Google Blog Search for the last day or more. Late last night, Google itself posted a response, noting that the figure cited in the Times was “*many* times too high.”
The problem with the Times report is that Wissner-Gross, who got his doctorate in physics from Harvard and has submitted a paper on how CO2Stats quantifies the environmental impact of Web server usage to a publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, says he never studied Google specifically and hasn’t concluded anything about the costs of a Google search.
The main business at CO2Stats, which Wissner-Gross co-founded in 2007 with Yale art history student Tim Sullivan, is to track the carbon emissions generated through a website’s usage and then purchase “audited renewable energy from wind and solar farms to neutralize its carbon footprint,” according to the company website. (Editor’s note: the preceding paragraph has been corrected to more accurately describe CO2Stats’ business model. It originally said the company buys carbon offsets, which can be more ephemeral than actually buying power.)
I reached him this afternoon in San Francisco, where he had just done a TV interview disavowing making the Google claims. “We don’t have any statistics on Google,” Wissner-Gross says, [[referring to his own research]—phrase added for clarity on Jan. 14]. As for Google’s actual carbon footprint, “your guess is as good as mine.” In fact, Google’s post on its own environmental footprint “sounds perfectly reasonable to me,” he added.
**Correction and clarification, Jan. 14: Yesterday, and in follow-ups today, we heard from Jonathan Leake, one of the writers of the Times article. He said estimates of the environmental impact of Google queries that were used in his article were provided by Wissner-Gross, and that the statistics contained in a sidebar identified as being written by Wissner-Gross, found here, also were provided by the CO2Stats co-founder. Upon further query, Wissner-Gross acknowledged in an e-mail that he did offer Leake “publicly available statistics regarding others’ research into the Google query footprint.” Consequently, we have removed a sentence in the above paragraph that had quoted Wissner-Gross as saying the reference to Google statistics in the Times was “just pulled out of thin air,” as well as a sentence quoting him as saying the Times was “pretty confused” about what he was saying. We regret any confusion created by our original report.
Wissner-Gross added, however, that “in no way does a statement about publicly available information provide a claim that such calculation is my own, nor does such a statement consitute an endorsement of it.” And he says that he did not sign off on language in the sidebar that stated “we have calculated that each Google search generates an estimated 5-10 g of CO2…” For his part, Leake said in an e-mail this afternoon that Wissner-Gross’ article “underwent some editing during which the phrase “we have calculated” was added.” However, he said, “This was in accordance with what Wissner-Gross had said in the earlier phone interview.” And he stressed that the numbers provided by Wissner-Gross in his draft, which Leake sent to us as corroboration, “were not changed in any way.”]
“For some reason, they [The Times] got all excited about this paper. But in fact the paper … Next Page »
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This is the second of the quarterly Regional Projects that combine work from reporters at the Linn County Leader, Chillicothe Costitution-Tribune, Kirksville Daily Express, Macon Chronicle-Herald, Moberly Monitor-Index, and Hannibal Courier-Post
Band uniforms for high schools and major colleges. Fishing reels used by professional anglers. Shock absorbers. Robes worn by U.S. athletes at the London Olympics. Industrial cables used in products that venture to outer space. T-shirts commemorating the Cardinals' 2011 World Series title. Parts used in aircraft assembled around the world.
All products of labor long since gone from the United States, memories from an evaporating manufacturing base?
Nope. Try items being manufactured in your backyard.
While a common refrain nationally is the United States' manufacturing base has eroded, that jobs are gone and never coming back, a significant piece of the northern Missouri economy continues to thrive upon these jobs and people around the globe depend on the hidden gems produced here in northern Missouri. (See page 12 of today's Linn County Leader for "Northern Missouri's Hidden Gems")
During the last decade, the number of Americans employed in manufacturing jobs tumbled from around 15.5 million in 2002 to a low of just more than 11 million in late 2009 during the most recent economic recession, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Since then, however, manufacturing jobs have steadied and seen gains, recently topping more than 12 million in the U.S.
And through those difficult times, northern Missouri's manufactures have continued to account for a significant percentage of both the overall workforce and region's economy.
The reasons they've stayed while so many others have sought seemingly greener pastures overseas are numerous, according to the region's economic development leaders, including loyalty, ties to agriculture, and access to highways, waterways and rails found here in the nation's midsection.
Linn County offers a prime location for the movement of goods along the CKC Corridor that links US Highway 36 and Missouri 110 from Chicago to Kansas City.
"I am on the Blue Ribbon Citizen's Committee as one of two representatives from North Missouri," said Becky Cleveland, Brookfield IDA Director. "The committee was made to figure out how to continue to fund transportation in Missouri, which is a key part of economic development. We have needs, but how do we fund them?"
Cleveland continued: "I believe that when Highway 36 was completed four lanes across the state, people from our area and across the corridor had been trying to complete that for 50 years. It was all about connectivity. After that completion, we have the Way of American Genius, which deals with the Missouri piece of this road, and the unique character of the corridor. The 110 corridor, and the CKC corridor, opens up more opportunity."
Not to mention the fact Midwesterners have a reputation and live up to their billing.
"The work ethic is good in rural America," said Jerry Boling, operation manager of Ardent Reel in Macon, Mo. "There is a workforce in our area who want to work, and work while they are at work."
A study of eight counties - Adair, Audrain, Cooper, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Ralls and Randolph - and statistics compiled by the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center showed 6,892 people employed by one of the 177 "firms" classified as manufacturers. That figure represents about 18 percent of the workforce engaged in private industry.
In Linn County, according to the 2010 Census and data gathered from American Fact Finder, 53.6 percent of Linn County residents are employed. Linn County also has a 4.1 percent unemployment rate. Of those employed, 16.6 percent claim to work in a manufacturing job.
However, according to a 2010 workforce profile of Linn County, assembled by The Growth Services Group of Jefferson City, 913 workers were employed in manufacturing jobs. This means that 26.1 percent of Linn County residents work in manufacturing. This compares to 11.9 percent in surrounding Counties, 12.7 percent statewude, and 11.9 percent nationally.
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This is the fifth in an ongoing series of columns about the priesthood by an activist priest from the Dominican Republic, Fr. Rogelio Cruz, that he published in El Día. English translation by Rebel Girl.
Part 5 - 11/9/2010
There are many priests who have understood the need to renew themselves and respond to today's world. That's good!
But there are others:
- Who feel safe and strong in their little parish kingdom and perform their functions imperially rather than obligingly.
- Jesus' command that they be meek and humble of heart doesn't sit well with them.
- Many give the impression of being lords and masters of their parishes -- masters of the church, the money, and all the parochial groups. Nothing can be done without their good pleasure. Nothing can be done without consulting the pastor.
- In the confessional (in confession), they behave more like canonical executioners than spiritual fathers.
- Many don't even know the words "participation", "liberation", "change", and when they hear them, they reject them immediately, saying that it's communism, that that doesn't come from the Church.
- Many don't like being accused of lacking theological culture, but the reality is that many are unaware of advances in modern theology and modern schools of thought within the Church. Many are insular, living and practicing the theology they learned in seminary and have not been able to catch up.
- Many, on hearing of the new theology, distrust and despise it and have not bothered to investigate and reflect on the richness of this new contribution.
- Many are immersed in the world of sacramentalism. The priest is the man of the sacraments. He is no longer the man of the message, who has to preach, who preaches hope and lives out God's love.
- The excessive interest in money -- it's vital to end this filthy sound of money around the altar. The undeniable fact that the priest needs money to live has led us to put a price on the sacred. Is this not a sacrilege? Is this not blasphemy? Is this not sacramental commerce? Baptisms are worth so much, a wedding so much, and if carpet and music are included, they're worth more. A funeral, so much.
There are, and we know, priests and pastors who are completely non-self-interested, who, after a whole life leading a parish, don't have a dime, not even insurance to cover them in their old age or illness. Men completely devoted to their mission.
What the people need from a priest is for him to accompany them, to instruct them -- caring, support, and a fraternal visit.
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“Earth Vs The Flying Saucers”
One of those special effects masters was the legendary Ray Harryhausen, who is probably on record as being the biggest fan of “King Kong” in the world. He used his skills in a variety of genres, and this is the peak of his science-fiction period, featuring incredible scenes of destruction at the hands of malevolent flying saucers. Seeing famous landmarks destroyed in special effects bonanzas is still a popular pastime, but they never have the level of charm and character that Harryhausen brought to the table.
Harryhausen also specialized in more organic creations, as in this masterful display of his talents. The story is an adaptation of a book by Jules Verne involving giant animals, pirates, and Captain Nemo. Harryhausen handles mostly the former group, creating memorable characters such as giant bees, a giant chicken, and a giant crab (for the crab, Harryhausen animated an actual dead crab!).
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"A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it. . .He knows that his life will be over altogether too soon. . . He knows because he sees that nothing is more important than anything else. In other words, a man of knowledge has no honor, no dignity, no family, no country. But only life to live"
- The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda
All images posted in 'Today & Tomorrow' 'All of Me' © 2003-2013 MAnton B
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”
— Neil Gaiman (via bookporn)
“All the world’s major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness can and do promote inner values. But the reality of the world today is that grounding ethics in religion is no longer adequate. This is why I am increasingly convinced that the time has come to find a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics beyond religion altogether.”
— His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama (via psychedelicmandala)
“It is not violence but muscle—the force to do— curled and bent and burning inside.
They deny it. Hide it. Rip it out with hammers and knives and guns, even crosses if they have to.
These are the signs of the beauty of men: set jaw, the shimmer of muscle eager to lift beyond any limit, lost
in the wild pleasure of motion. They will move the world with their own two hands, force it if they have to, doing what mere thought didn’t know had to be done.”
— The Beauty of Men - Kate Braid (via melmenetkwe)
“Love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away… and this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast…. be happy about your growth, in which of course you can’t take anyone with you, and be gentle with those who stay behind; be confident and calm in front of them and don’t torment them with your doubts and don’t frighten them with your faith or joy, which they wouldn’t be able to comprehend. Seek out some simple and true feeling of what you have in common with them, which doesn’t necessarily have to alter when you yourself change again and again; when you see them, love life in a form that is not your own and be indulgent toward those who are growing old, who are afraid of the aloneness that you trust…. and don’t expect any understanding; but believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.”
“It is dangerous to leave written that which is badly written. A chance word, upon paper, may destroy the world. Watch carefully and erase, while the power is still yours, I say to myself, for all that is put down, once it escapes, may rot its way into a thousand minds, the corn become a black smut, and all libraries, of necessity, be burned to the ground as a consequence.”
— Excerpt from ‘Patterson’ by William Carlos Williams (via daydreamsonlooseleafpaper)
“When someone is searching,” said Siddhartha, “then it might easily happen that the only thing his eyes still see is that what he searches for, that he is unable to find anything, to let anything enter his mind, because he always thinks of nothing but the object of his search, because he has a goal, because he is obsessed by the goal. Searching means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”
- Hermann Hesse (1877- 1962), Siddhartha
“It’s a great place to grow up [Los Angeles] as a creator because there’s no intellectual hierarchy. I remember going to a party in New York about 35 years ago. They all called me Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. I said, “You, ma’am, your name and phone number? And you, sir, your phone number? And you, sir?” And they said, “Why are you taking our phone numbers?” I said, “Because the night we land on the moon, you’re going to get called.” I was in London when we did. I called three of them, and when they answered I said, “Stupid son of a bitch,” and hung up.”
“Judging vs Living. If I am judging this moment, I am not living it. If I am living it, I am not judging it. Judging is head centered, living is heart centered. Judging springs from doubt and insecurity. Living springs from love and contentment. And each moment I choose again, as my choice a moment ago is no longer relevant.”
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(Court of Appeal, Black, Norris LJJ, Sir Mark Potter, 24 July 2012)
The father appealed the grant of a residence order to the mother in respect of their young child. The mother suffered from post-natal depression and had been cautioned for violent behaviour towards the father. The parents agreed for child to live with father on weekends. The local authority assessed mother as presenting no continuing risk to the child but the father disagreed and sought a prohibited steps order to prevent the mother from relocating with the child.
A welfare report found there were no concerns regarding the mother's mental health - Contact with the father was increased to 3 days per week and a residence order in favour of the mother was granted.
Appeal dismissed. The judge had applied to correct paramountcy of welfare test and had rightly identified the mother as the child's primary carer thus far.
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For Immediate Release January 11, 2005
Contact: Roseann Trezza
FORKED RIVER – Officials at Popcorn Park Zoo officially announced here today an admission price increase to cover rising costs for food, veterinary care and medicine at one of the country’s only zoos for abused animals of all species.
Adult admission is now $4.25, and tickets for children under age 12 are $3.00 each. Student groups will now pay $2.00 per child to learn about the approximately 200 species of animals on display at the venerated facility.
"Costs are rising, and there’s simply no other way to maintain the high level of care for all the animals we get here without raising admission," explained Zoo Director John Bergmann. "It’s our last resort, but we finally had to do it."
Declining donation rates since 9/11 have added to the economic burden of the zoo and many non-profits nationwide.
"We’re hoping donations will rebound in 2005," said Roseann Trezza, Executive Director of the Associated Humane Societies that owns the zoo. "We’re bringing animals back from the brink of death in so many cases, and the costs can be enormous."
Popcorn Park Zoo is where Poppy and Shadow, two dogs set ablaze last April by Ronald Fredericks of Seaside Heights, received massive medical attention (see article). Both have fully recovered from their physical injuries, and Poppy has since been adopted out to a new home. Shadow, the younger of the two, still requires many hours of training to trust men again.
"The amount of care some of these cases require would cost thousands of dollars in the private sector," said the zoo’s Chief Veterinarian, Laney Baris, VMD. She cited one recent emergency call during which zoo personnel retrieved 26 starved dogs from a home in Howell, NJ. The dogs were infested with ticks and hookworm from living in an environment littered with feces inside the home and out. Initial treatment for these dogs would have been well over $1,000, and that doesn’t include multiple follow-ups, food or board.
Each pet adopted out from the zoo is vaccinated, dewormed, treated with flea and tick preventative, spayed or neutered and microchipped for identification. Cats are tested for feline leukemia and feline AIDS and dogs are tested for heartworm. "That’s a lot better than getting a pet for free to a good home," said Baris.
The society currently takes in an estimated 18,000 animals a year – a number that has increased each of the 37 years Trezza has been on the job. "I’d rather see people treat animals better and maybe prices could stay where they are," Trezza said. "I’ll let you know when that happens."
The Associated Humane Societies was founded in 1906 out of Newark, NJ and has grown to become New Jersey’s largest animal rescue organization. AHS provides food, shelter, medical care and adoption services for 18,000 animals each year through its Animal Care Centers in Forked River, Newark, Tinton Falls and Union. As one of the few shelters in New Jersey with full-time veterinary staff, AHS provides high-quality medical attention at each of its four locations. Popcorn Park Zoo in Forked River is renowned as a sanctuary for all animal species and remains one of the country’s only facilities for mistreated and neglected wildlife, exotics and farm animals. AHS is a leading advocate for promoting humane public policy and education in addition to enforcing state animal cruelty laws.
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Archive for the ‘innovation’ tag.
Financial Times thinks that Pune is becoming an innovation hub. The city’s economy (and real estate market) is now driven by the presence of two large and growing sectors: automotive manufacturing and information technology. Why is the Pune story so compelling? First is the ecosystem already in place: Willy Praet, a Belgian expat who moved [...]
(This is a live blog of Suhas Kelkar’s talk at the SEAP Breakfast Meet. Suhas talked about his experience of building an incubator at BMC Software.) Background Suhas joined BMC Pune and was given the job of creating an innovation incubator within the company. This was the second attempt at creating an incubator in BMC. [...]
In the run-up to Innovations 2011 event in Pune this weekend, PuneTech has a contest for the most interesting app that PuneTechies can build for Pune.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Media Lab and College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) will host a five-day design and innovation workshop in the city from January 24 to 28. This workshop aims to engage and inspire students across all disciplines in Indian universities in inventing the future. The week-long workshop will engage students in ideation, [...]
Guruji, a solar-powered, LED-based “blackboard” targeting rural education, has won the Manthan 2010 awards for the “Innovation of the Year”. Guruji is a product of Pune based Databyte Equipment Pvt. Ltd. which has been working in the area of multi-lingual hardward and software since 1981. About Guruji Guruji is a programmable, LED based blackboard that [...]
Do you have some cool new technology that you would like to showcase? In that case, now is your chance to show it for free at the India International Trade Fair 2010 that’s happening in Delhi starting on 14th November, 2010. Basically, Maharashtra has been allocated 11000 sq. ft. at this trade fair to show [...]
What: MCCIA & KPIT Cummins presents a panel discussion on “From jugaad to systematic innovation” When: Friday 21 May 2010 at 6:00 p.m. Where: Hall no. 6 & 7, A wing-5th floor, MCCIA Trade Tower, ICC Complex, SB Road, Pune Registration and Fees: This event is free for all to attend. However prior confirmation is [...]
(This essay was written by Kaushik Gala, is taken from his website, where you can find more such essays by him, and is reproduced here with permission. Kaushik is a Business Development Manager at Pune-based startup incubator Venture Center. Please send any comments to firstname.lastname@example.org) I want to estimate the number of innovative enterprises in [...]
Last Saturday, Pune played host to a number of science and technology innovators from around the country, as a part of the Innovations 2010 conference. Overall it was an interesting conference, a little hat ke. There was much less software/IT/web-2.0 kind of stuff, and much more basic science and technology. Also, it was not all [...]
How can we improve students and industry collaboration on innovative projects? (Answer & win prizes)
Update: The contest is over (but the discussion can still continue!) Abhay Patil, who judged the contest, had this comment about the contenst: On behalf of IITB Alumni Association (Pune Chapter) – organizers of Innovations 2010 – let me thank PuneTech and it’s members for this set of insightful, passionate and well articulated responses. You [...]
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New London — One lane of traffic and a Bank Street building will remain closed until "adequate building repairs" can be made after a piece of masonry fell Friday afternoon from the façade of 153 Bank St.
It was the second time this summer that pieces have fallen off a Bank Street building into a heavily traveled area.
No one was injured when the 30- to 40-pound, 2-foot chunk of cement fell around 4 p.m. from near the top of the three-story building onto the sidewalk below. Fire personnel determined the rest of the masonry trim, which extends across the front of the building, is stable.
The Hollandersky building, as it is known, houses the old Modern Electric business at 153 Bank St., an in-home health care provider called Almost Family at 157 Bank St., and two artists' studios at 159 Bank St. The building will remain vacant, building official Kirk Cripas said, until a structural engineer determines whether it is safe for occupancy.
Fire Battalion Chief Thomas Curcio said pooled water on the flat roof of the building may have caused the damage. The drains, which were clogged, were cleared by firefighters, who accessed the roof with a ladder truck. Curcio said the drains were clogged by dirt and a brick.
The sidewalk and the left lane of Bank Street in the area of the building will be closed until the building is checked out, Cripas said. He asked building owner Robert DeBiasi to try to get a structural engineer to examine the building over the weekend.
Will Golaboski said he was making chili in his second-floor studio when he heard a crash around 4 p.m., but thought nothing of it because of the noises he generally hears downtown.
According to online records, the structure was built in 1927 and is made of brick and masonry.
The problem is similar to one two months ago, when several window panes popped out of the fourth floor of 27 Bank St. and crashed to the sidewalk below, narrowly missing two pedestrians.
A blocked roof drain caused several hundred gallons of water to pool on the flat roof, according to then-Acting Building Official Jamie Salmon. The weight of the water caused the plaster ceiling of the vacant building to cave in and smash the windows.
A procedure similar to the one used with that building will be used for 153 Bank St., Cripas said. If necessary, scaffolding could be brought in to support the building.
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Linda, I agree with Dani here. 13 is a key time in your life to explore and ask God to heal the memories of that period of time in your life. It is also the time in which we pass from childhood to adolesence so a time of vulnerability. It has been key to me especially since I experienced abuse at that time from my step father. My dad died when I was only 9. Dealing with it and how it effects me is ongoing. The main thing that helped me over the years and has helped me to keep slipping back into addictions is to remember that God is my Father and that he loves me as a very good Father does. For me it is all about trust but I don't mean that in a simplistic way. It is an ongoing thing and a discipline of sorts. Also reminding myself of His promises from the Word (even saying them over and over) helps..especially Jeremiah 29:11--" For I know the plans I have for you,Ē declares the Lord, ďplans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." But I still struggle and the hardest times are those when I am under stress.
Stress can't be avoided though especially if you are a student. (been there many times.) Exercise always helps me especially breathing in fresh air. When I was in grad school I got out and ran almost every day and that helped. Now I simply walk. And getting quiet times aways from others can be very good. To us extroverts though it can feel like running way and/or isolating and we have to tell ourselves it isn't that. Actually to me it has become more like refueling the tank.
I can relate even though I am over 70 and still relying on His Grace and strength as I meet anew the challenges of daily living as I know he takes our limitations and vulnerability into account. He gives us strength to overcome, to balance out, while the enemy wants us to return to bondage and tell ourselves we are too weak. Not so in Christ! We need to continue to put our faith, hope, and trust in our loving Father through the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ.
"The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
is heard in our land ." SofS 2:12 (RSV)
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Pentagon: China threatens space and cyberspace
Commies get nukes, sat-kill lasers, 'electromagnetic dominance' virus units
A Pentagon report into Chinese military capability says that the People's Republic "is expanding from the traditional land, air, and sea dimensions of the modern battlefield to include space and cyber-space."
The "ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS: Military Power of the People’s Republic of China 2007," was released by the Office of the Secretary of Defense on Friday, though elements of it had been leaked earlier.
In it, the US military warns that the Chinese communists are developing new nuclear weapons, spy satellites, anti-spacecraft laser beams and "information warfare units to develop viruses."
The Pentagon analysts suggest that China is seeking to update its relatively small, old-fashioned nuclear arsenal. Beijing at present has just 20 proper ICBMs able to hit targets worldwide, and eighty or ninety other missiles which would only be useful for nuking things in its own backyard. The ICBMs are in traditional, fixed land silos - vulnerable to a stealthy pre-emptive strike. (China does have a single, elderly nuclear-missile submarine, but this isn't seen even by the most hawkish as a serious threat.)
Twenty fixed ICBMs is a bare-minimum deterrent force, putting China very much at the bottom of the major-power nuclear league table behind France and even the UK. The USA might, in the near future, be able to largely disregard such an arsenal. The US missile defence effort, combined perhaps with a pre-emptive American strike, might offer a scenario in which the chance of any Chinese nuke reaching the US mainland was low.
Unsurprisingly, the PRC is moving to upgrade its nuke armoury, in particular by acquiring new ICBM-firing submarines. Once these are in place, China can feel sure once more of its ability to nuke the continental US.
That doesn't mean that the Chinese will do so; indeed the PRC has declared that it will never be the first to use nukes, a stance which the US itself doesn't always take.
But the Pentagon says that "China’s assertion of a nuclear 'no first use' policy ... is ambiguous."
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Note: This post is a mashup of several posts on making paper snowflakes that I’ve done in the past few winters. I’ve been so busy this year that I haven’t had time to make any yet! Perhaps I will have done this by Christmas; I’ll post photos if/when I do!
I grew up in Pittsburgh, Pa., where there never seemed to be a shortage of snow by Christmas time, but here in North Carolina, we haven't had a decent snowfall in years. Gosh, I'm tired of dragging my kids around on their sled in the mud and about 1/4 inch of snow! So my daughters and I decided to make our own blizzard this weekend – with paper snowflakes.
We stuck them up on our front window using double-sided tape and now we feel frosty even when the thermometer is not!
Here are my directions for making them:
Start with a piece of white paper, the thinner the better. Fold up one end so that the edges meet along one side and you have a nice point at the corner. Crease very well with your fingernail. (Sharp creases and precise folds are the keys to making nice snowflakes.)
Trim the excess paper so you have a triangle (a square if you open it up).
Fold the triangle in half again and position your new triangle with the longest side down, so it looks like a little mountain, like this:
Here's the trickiest part. You now have to fold this triangle into thirds. Start on one side and give it your best guess. Fold it gently, without creasing, because you will probably have to adjust it a bit before you get it right. (Don't worry, you'll get the hang of this after you've done a few snowflakes.)
Now fold in from the other side. Inspect it from both sides. You should have it folded into thirds. If not, go back and adjust it. Then crease well. Make sure the point at the top is sharp and precise.
Here's how it looks from the other side (I think it resembles a rocketship):
Trim off the "tails" (or the flames, if you are envisioning a rocketship) so that you have just a triangle again.
If you open it halfway up, you can see how it is folded into thirds (sixths if you open it all the way up):
Now, cut your design. Use the sharpest paper scissors you have. You can also use hole punches to punch circles in the interior. Remember that the shapes you cut into the folded sides will be doubled (a semicircle becomes a whole circle). You can cut smooth curves, or sharp angles. Have fun and experiment. Here's my design:
And here's the most fun part! Unfold your snowflake and enjoy. Don't you feel the chill in the air?
You can do this activity with fairly young children. With little kids, who sometimes have a hard time cutting through all the layers, have them draw the design in pencil, and then an adult can cut it out, and the child can unfold it.
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|Enrolling Cats and Dogs in Veterinary Clinical Trials
|Where do I find clinical trials for cats and dogs with cancer?
For currently ongoing trials in dogs with cancer, please visit the "Dog Clinical Trials" section.
For currently ongoing trials in cats with cancer, please visit the "Cat Clinical Trials" section.
Before enrolling in clinical trials
Participation in a clinical trial is voluntary and only you can make the decision about whether or not to enroll your pet in a
research study. Before you make your final decision, you should carefully evaluate the following issues (source: National
Cancer Institute) :
The clinical trial
during and after the clinical trial?
- What is the purpose of the study?
- Why do researchers think the proposed approach may be effective?
- Who will sponsor the study?
- Who has reviewed and approved the study?
- How are study results and safety of participants being checked?
- How long will the study last?
- What will my responsibilities be if I participate?
- Do you and/or your family members have the time, resources and willingness to commit to the care of your pet
Risks and benefits
- What are the possible short-term and long-term benefits?
- What are the short-term and long-term risks, such as side effects?
- What other options does my pet have?
- How do the possible risks and benefits of this trial compare with those other options?
Participation and Care
- What kinds of therapies, procedures and /or tests will my pet have during the trial?
- Will they be painful and/or uncomfortable, and if so, for how long?
- How do the tests in the study compare with those outside of the trial?
- Will my pet be able to take its regular medications while in the clinical trial?
- Where will my pet have its medical care?
- Who will be in charge of the care?
- Can I talk to other people in the study?
- Will I have to pay for any part of the trial such as tests or the study drug?
- If so, what will the charges likely be?
- What is my pet health insurance likely to cover?
What is informed consent?
Informed consent is a process in which you learn the key facts about a clinical trial before you decide whether or not to
have your pet participate. In addition to discussing these facts with the veterinarian, they will be included in a written
consent form that you can take home to read and discuss. The consent form should typically include details about the
study approach, the type of treatment given, the possible risks and benefits, the tests your pet may have to undergo, the
duration of the clinical trial and any other specific instructions about the responsibilities of the pet owners. If something is
not clear to you whether it is before you sign the informed consent or after, don't hesitate to ask the doctor for
clarification. You can change your mind and remove your pet from the study whenever you want -- before the study starts
or at any time during the study or follow-up period.
What happens during a trial?
If you decide to participate in a clinical trial, you will work with a research team who will provide your pet's care, monitor its
health carefully, and give specific instructions about the study. Participating in a trial may mean that your pet might have
more tests and doctor visits than it would if it weren't in the study and the team members may continue to stay in contact
with you about the health of your pet after the trial ends. To make the trial results as reliable as possible, it is important for
participants to follow the research team's instructions. That means having all doctor visits and tests, taking medicines on
time, and completing logs or answering questionnaires. However, you may choose to withdraw from the trial at any point
and are not obligated to finish the trial should you decide that it is not right for your pet.
Who is eligible to participate in a clinical trial?
Each study has its own guidelines on who can participate, called eligibility (or inclusion) criteria and who cannot
participate, called exclusion criteria. Examples of eligibility criteria for a clinical trial might be a particular type and stage of
cancer, age, gender, or previous treatments. Examples of exclusion criteria for a clinical trial might be other medical
conditions (eg heart disease), previous treatments, or results of a blood test (eg certain levels of liver enzymes).To find
out if your pet is eligible for a particular study, talk to the veterinarian in charge of the study and read the informed
consent. It is important to know that the inclusion and exclusion criteria are designed to protect the safety of the
participants and your pet should NOT be enrolled if the exclusion criteria clearly disqualify its participation.
|PET CANCER CENTER
Comprehensive guide to cancer diagnosis and treatment in cats and dogs
© 2007 Pet Cancer Center. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Last updated 4/10/13
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JUPITER — Kids ages 7-13 are invited to the River Center for a min-aquatic day camp on Friday, March 29, 2013 from 9am to 12pm. Campers will get a “hands-on” experience at the River Center’s Mini Aquatic Adventure Camp like no other. During this half day session, they will get a first-hand look at the Loxahatchee River through seine and dip netting, mangrove exploration, outside games, activities, and classroom crafts. Campers will also get the opportunity to feed some of the Center’s residents and become experts and advocates for the Loxahatchee River.
The cost is $20 per camper. What to bring: water bottle, closed toe water shoes, a towel, bathing suit, hat, sunscreen, and change of clothes. Campers will meet at the River Center and will stay in Burt Reynolds Park. Registration forms may be picked up at the River Center or retrieved online at www.loxahatcheeriver.org/rivercenter. Space is limited and forms must be returned by March 27th.
The River Center is located at Burt Reynolds Park in Jupiter at 805 North U.S. Highway 1. The River Center traces the Loxahatchee River from its pristine freshwater reaches to a teeming estuary, and eventually to the Jupiter Inlet where it spills into the Atlantic Ocean.
The center presents some of the largest aquarium exhibits in the area with an interactive exploration of the river, diverse wildlife and its majestic environmental value. In addition, guests learn where their water comes from, how it is consumed and recycled back into the community. There are multi-media and live aquatic exhibits, and a touch tank teeming with aquatic life.
The River Center was created by the Loxahatchee River District to further awareness about the river and to foster support for its preservation. Additional sponsors include Solid Waste Authority, Jupiter Inlet District, and Wolverine Ventures.
For more information about the River Center, please call (561)743-7123 or visit www.loxahatcheeriver.org/rivercenter.
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Far far from gusty waves these children's faces.
Like rootless weeds, the hair torn around their pallor.
The tall girl with her weighed-down head. The paper-
seeming boy, with rat's eyes. The stunted, unlucky heir
Of twisted bones, reciting a father's gnarled disease,
His lesson from his desk. At back of the dim class
One unnoted, sweet and young. His eyes live in a dream,
Of squirrel's game, in the tree room, other than this.
On sour cream walls, donations. Shakespeare's head,
Cloudless at dawn, civilized dome riding all cities.
Belled, flowery, Tyrolese valley. Open-handed map
Awarding the world its world. And yet, for these
Children, these windows, not this world, are world,
Where all their future's painted with a fog,
A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky,
Far far from rivers, capes, and stars of words.
Surely, Shakespeare is wicked, and the map a bad example
With ships and sun and love tempting them to steal--
For lives that slyly turn in their cramped holes
From fog to endless night? On their slag heap, these children
Wear skins peeped through by bones and spectacles of steel
With mended glass, like bottle bits on stones.
All of their time and space are foggy slum.
So blot their maps with slums as big as doom.
Unless, governor, teacher, inspector, visitor,
This map becomes their window and these windows
That shut upon their lives like catacombs,
Break O break open 'till they break the town
And show the children green fields and make their world
Run azure on gold sands, and let their tongues
Run naked into books, the white and green leaves open
History is theirs whose language is the sun.
Excerpted from Selected Poems by Stephen Spender. Copyright © 1964 by Stephen Spender. Excerpted by permission of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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is a data and information management software company dedicated to providing organizations worldwide with a radically better way to manage data and information. Their unique Solving Forward philosophy allows them to deliver complete solutions with infinite scalability and unprecedented control over data and costs. Be among the first to experience Simpana 10 software. Click here now.
We all know that we need to be motivated to make a purchase. Many times seeing the numbers helps us to understand the profitable value of the solution.
Return on Investment (ROI) is used by companies to understand the business value of investments and today it is one of the main drivers behind spending money on technology. ROI is a family of financial measurements known as Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Payback and are all as important as each other. NPV, IRR and Payback are the primary measures that define the business value of any investment and therefore are key within the financial decision-making process.
The ROI family represents Value (NPV), Rate (IRR) and Time (Payback). Value; how much money one will make on the investment. Rate; the yearly percentage returned on the funds used on the investment. Time; when one will get their initial investment back.
Joint agreement is necessary between the supplier and customer on the costs and benefits in order to provide a trusted ROI. ROI is about quantifying and substantiating ongoing costs and benefits from a project.
A down-turn in economy spurred a renewed interest in value -- and as the strategic mission of IT shifted from saving money on back-office functions to enhancing revenue -- "return on investment" has taken on new meanings and importance.
ROI was about the bottom-line impact of projects and now we have moved to a phase called 'value creation' ROI. "Operational" projects -- such as upgrading a network , replacing PCs or even moving to the cloud -- are usually all about cost savings and are subject to fairly straightforward, tried-and-true evaluation metrics. While operational IT projects aim to save money, strategic ones like integrating eCommerce, try to make money.
Even as companies cut back on expenses there remains the imperative need to increase sales and marketing. Electronic commerce has afforded many benefits to both companies and their customers. This ability to buy and sell products and services over the internet has broadened the options of conducting business. Providing information to customers and handling transactions swiftly has made this form of internet business compelling for both the company marketing their products as well as for their clients.
If you've already implemented an eCommerce solution, you already know many of the following benefits that your WebStore offers:
- Your business is open 24x7, 365 days a year. Customers can log on to your site anytime, anywhere, to get more information on a particular product or service, and then place an order, quickly and securely.
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Senior Capstone Projects
Senior projects are the capstone of the educational process here at UW-L to assess a student's artistic vision and technical abilities. These projects are within the student's area of emphasis and require a significant amount of research and collaboration with faculty and fellow students. Performance students present an acting recital with varying monologues and scene work. Design/technical students often complete a scenic, lighting, sound or costume design for a mainstage production.
Project proposals are made the semester before the planned project. Students develop a proposal in writing (through their advisor) and, once approved, work closely with their project advisor as well as their academic advisor. After completing the production aspect of the project, the student must submit written documentation including pre-production character analysis, rehearsal journals, budgets, preliminary sketches, costume renderings, photos, props list, and/or research materials as appropriate.
Senior project guidelines are on file in the Theatre office (154 Center for the Arts). Students should obtain a copy of the guidelines and meet with their advisor before the end of their junior year.
Senior Capstone Project Guidelines:
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William E. Connolly is a politically science professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. As a distinguished professor Connolly has received numerous awards for his writing on social theory and political commentary. Connolly's work fluidly integrates the theories of continental thinkers such as Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault with a post-Marxist penchant for political economics into an immanent and progressive theory of democratic contestation and engagement. His early book, Terms of Political Discourse received the Lippincott Award in 1999 given to an "outstanding work" still important "at least fifteen years after publication". His recent books include Neuropolitics: Thinking, Culture, Speed (2002); Pluralism (2005), and Capitalism and Christianity, American Style (2008). He is currently completing a book project entitled A World of Becoming.
The video below features a recent lecture delivered by Connolly as the keynote at the Watson Institute’s “Global Security Regimes in the Making?” conference. His talk was entitled, “Capital Flows, Sovereign Practices and Global Resonance Machines”.
In clear language, Connolly deploys the concept of the “resonance machine” in an attempt to elaborate his own framework for discussions about national security and global geopolitics. Connolly describes resonance machines as a complex, abstract, mobile, and unpredictable structures that unite disparate, but related political and social phenomena in a self-reinforcing network - the parts of which are in constant dialogue. For Connolly these ‘machines’ are “self-organizing” and have “no central agent in control”, but are assembled from a myriad of component parts which are deeply ‘interpenetrated.’” Moving from Hegel to Immanuel Wallerstein and Gilles Deleuze, Connolly touches on what he believes are some of the major antagonisms animating the field of international politics. This lecture provides a cogent example of how we can apply continental theory to political discourse in efforts to increase the scope and complexity of our political considerations. Enjoy:
I may have much more to say about Connolly’s model of "immanent naturalism" - which seems to be a variant of actualism - as I continue to get into his work, but I can say at this point I have some serious reservations about how he (following Deleuze) and others use the term ‘machines’ to denote the structural elements of complex living ecologies.
Despite this, I believe that Connolly's thinking displays a degree of flexibility and concreteness that is necessary in order to get past the use of traditional ideologies, bypass distracting philosophical arguments and begin engaging more practical and intelligence approaches to politics and social reality.
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Thursday, 30 April 2009
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
1. Invest $12.5 million for a new national domestic violence and sexual
assault telephone and online crisis service. The new service will be run
by professional staff and make active referrals to follow up services. The
new service will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
2. Invest $26 million for primary prevention activities including $9 million to
improve the quality and uptake of respectful relationships programs for
school age young people and $17 million for social marketing focused on
changing attitudes and behaviours that contribute to violence.
3. Invest $3 million to support research on perpetrator treatment and the
greater harmonisation of Federal and State and Territory laws.
4. Work with the States and Territories through the Standing Committee of
a. Establish a national scheme for the registration of domestic and family
violence orders. This scheme will allow orders to be enforced across
State and Territory borders.
b. Improve the uptake of relevant coronial recommendations.
c. Identify the most effective methods to investigate and prosecute
sexual assault cases.
5. Develop a multi-disciplinary training package for lawyers, judicial officers,
counsellors and other professionals working in the family law system, to
improve consistency in the handling of family violence cases.
6. Ask the Australian Law Reform Commission to work with State and
Territory law reform commissions to examine the inter-relationship of
Federal and State and Territory laws that relate to the safety of women
and their children.
7. Establish the Violence Against Women Advisory Group to advise on the
National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women.
The Time for Action plan of the Council was released today. Its recommendations were:
That the Australian Government commit to a vision for Australia where 'women and their children live free from violence, within respectful relationships, and in safe communities'.
That the Australian Government support the realisation of this vision for Australia’s women and children through a long-term, strategic and sustained commitment.
This commitment would be effected through a series of three-year implementation plans to 2021 to be developed in partnership with government, business and the community, built on research and evaluation, and that will incorporate the outcomes of measures already implemented.
Clear outcomes, strategies and actions
That the Australian Government agree that realising this vision requires that:
Communities are safe and free from violence
Relationships are respectful
Services meet the needs of women and their children
Responses are just
Perpetrators stop their violence
Systems work together effectively.
That the Australian Government accept that the strategies developed by Council under the six outcomes are based on research, best practice, and community feedback; and that these strategies must underpin any effective response. The Government should also acknowledge that these strategies alone may be insufficient, and that new strategies may be required over time.
That the Australian Government note that the Council has identified a set of actions for the next 12 years aimed at achieving the Plan of Action’s outcomes and executing its strategies, and agree to:
urgently implement the priority actions that the Council considers represent the minimum investment to effect change;
start work on the other early actions identified in the first three-year implementation plan;
review all actions in developing the second and subsequent three-year implementation plans.
A national response through the Council of Australian Governments
That the Australian Government recognise the critical role of State and Territory governments in reducing violence against women and their children; that it refer the Plan of Action to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG); and request that COAG develop an integrated, comprehensive response endorsed by all levels of government by early 2010.
That the Australian Government acknowledge the social and economic costs of inaction; and that it encourages Commonwealth, State and Territory ministers and agencies to take action consistent with the Plan of Action’s outcomes in advance of the integrated, comprehensive response being developed by COAG.
That, following referral to COAG, the Australian Government pursue the development of a whole-of-government approach that:
builds on the vision, outcomes, strategies and actions identified by the Council;
aligns all Commonwealth, State and Territory governments’ plans, policies, procedures, and practices with those agreed to by COAG;
includes a robust system of regular reporting, independent monitoring, and comprehensive independent evaluations that will develop a strong evidence base to measure the impacts and outcomes of actions.
That the Australian Government work with State and Territory governments through COAG to ensure the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children meets the needs of children who witness and experience domestic and family violence.
Continued community engagement on action
That the Australian Government recognise the critical need to provide a multi-layered, phased, and cohesive approach to public awareness and discussion about violence prevention and behavioural change over the Plan of Action’s lifetime; and agree that the Commonwealth Minister for the Status of Women will lead the development of a social marketing strategy in partnership with State and Territory governments and the community.
That the Australian Government accept the vital role of the community in helping reduce violence against women and their children, and agree to:
work in partnership with other levels of government, business, and the community sector;
provide opportunities for individuals, business, community, and other institutions;
build bi-partisan support at the Federal, State, Territory, and Local government levels to support the broad directions advocated in the Plan of Action;
extend the role of the National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, or similar body, to one of helping to implement the Plan of Action.
I have set out below the key outcomes in the report:
Outcome 1: Communities are safe and free from violence
Focus on prevention
Violence against women must stop – their safety, and that of their children, is not negotiable.
The Plan of Action starts where we can have the greatest impact: with what communities can do to reduce and ultimately stop violence against women and their children. Communities, from across Australia must be willing to tackle the problem as no amount of legislation, policy or policing in isolation will eradicate this violence.
For our communities, the first step must be to acknowledge the nature of the problem. Women and men in our society have unequal access to social and economic power. The evidence demonstrates that while there is no single cause of sexual assault or domestic and family violence, many risk factors associated with these types of violence can be influenced by obvious and covert expressions of inequality in the community.
For example, community and societal ideas of what it means to be a man and to be a woman can contribute to the problem of violence by supporting the traditional gendered power-imbalance. Attitudes and beliefs about gender are learned, and society often teaches deeply held sexist views. Evidence shows that communities increase the risk of violence against women when they allow norms that support men’s controlling attitudes and behaviour over women, or attitudes that support the notion of male privilege. These norms include:
'macho' constructions of masculinity;
ideas that 'a woman’s place is in the home';
notions that men should 'wear the pants' as heads of the household and wage-earners;
standards that segregate male drinking and encourage excessive or binge drinking;
standards that create peer pressure to conform to these ideas of masculinity and male behaviour.
Notions of masculinities and violence
The glamourising and normalising of violence and aggressive male stereotypes in the media and on the internet also perpetuate negative attitudes and behaviour towards women. Many studies have identified a relationship between tolerance for physical or sexual violence and an exposure to sexist imagery in television, film, advertising and electronic games. These studies conclude that excessive consumption of imagery which idealises an aggressive, insensitive notion of masculinity, is likely to enhance violence-supportive attitudes. This is even more evident in the case of pornography (most of which overtly portrays women in an unequal role to men). This is concerning given evidence that a substantial proportion of Australian boys are regular consumers of X-rated video and Internet pornography.
Specific attitudes about gender-based violence also play a strong role. Violence is enabled when local communities:
view sexual assault and domestic and family violence as 'invited' by the victim/survivor;
fail to intervene when they see violence because it is considered a private matter or part of a 'culture';
accept violence as a legitimate means of settling conflict.
In the case of sexual assault, community members may accept such assault as a rite of passage, or something that 'just happens' (normalising behaviour). Communities also may tacitly support violence by failing to provide alternatives or failing to explicitly oppose it.
'There are two very important messages to consider when thinking about the violence and abuse women and children experience in our society. The first is the profound and long lasting impact across all domains of development, throughout the life course and across generations. These experiences can deprive women of their potential, fragment families and shatter the dreams of our children.
The second message is that it is entirely preventable. In this modern era we have the means and political will to change the future. We can develop respectful relationships, restore hope for a just society and bring to fruition a Nation based on equality and equity for all its citizens.'
Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health academic Western Australia
Communities can help stop the violence
The evidence suggests that if communities work in partnership with governments and the non-government and private sectors, they can reduce violence against women and their children through their collective actions to:
understand, discuss and explicitly condemn violence against women and their children;
promote women as equal and active participants in intimate relationships and public life;
ensure women have equal access to secure employment, salaries and financial independence;
reject definitions of 'being a man' or notions of masculinity that are associated with violence;
promote notions of masculinity that are non-violent;
intervene where violence against women and their children is witnessed or suspected;
provide information about, and links to, available support services;
render assistance to victims when formal services are limited;
hold perpetrators accountable and challenge their use of violence;
provide services to perpetrators to help them change their behaviour;
address factors that contribute to violence in the wider community by encouraging the responsible service and consumption of alcohol; addressing the abuse of drugs; discussing the nature, causes, and impacts of violence against women; and enforcing demanding media and internet standards to prevent glamourised violence and negative sexualisation and denigration of women;
promote education respectful relationships.
If the longer term goal is eradication of violence, then society needs to dramatically increase its understanding of why violence occurs in the first place. International evidence suggests that primary prevention strategies that work across many levels (such as the attitudes and behaviours of individuals, the way people operate in relationships and families, the way they engage as communities, and how social structures and institutions are regulated) are the most effective.
The evidence also suggests that social marketing campaigns that promote gender norms against violence, combined with approaches that mobilise communities to stand against violence, and programs based in education and sports settings, are more likely to produce cultural change that reduces tolerance for violence against women and aids prevention in the first instance.
'Some of the issues start in early childhood with boys being allowed to be 'rough' [boys being boys] and told to be tough [not show emotion]. This is an issue for the way some women parent boys as much as their male role model.'
Child psychiatrist Western Australia
Community programs that address violence-exacerbating behaviour must also be supported. These include: efforts to address violent male-on-male behaviour in situations such as sporting environments, or gangs that legitimise the use of violence as a means for addressing grievances.
Some communities may face problems that exacerbate or enable violence against women and their children. For example, many remote and/or Indigenous communities experience housing conditions (like overcrowding or the presence of violent individuals in the dwelling) that tend to increase the incidence of violence. Several factors can increase the vulnerability of immigrant and refugee women to violence. These include cultural or religious practices that subordinate women and cultural expectations that loyalty to family and community take precedence over personal safety. The circumstances of individual communities must always be assessed and addressed.
Outcome 2: Relationships are Respectful
Violence in relationships remains high in our communities, and most would agree that unless the unequal power relations between women and men are more meaningfully addressed, the incidence will not change. Around one in three Australian women experience physical violence, and almost one in five experiences sexual violence over their lifetime. The majority of violence against women in Australia is committed by men they know.
“Violence against women is illegal, unacceptable and a blight on our community. It’s wrong and it’s got to stop. On the whole it’s us as blokes that do this stuff to our women and our kids but we are committed to change this and we want to be part of the answer and part of the solution. Things will never change unless men work side-by-side with women.”
Graham (Bonny) Gibson, Spirit of Men Murray Bridge, South Australia, 2008
Young men warrant particular attention, given that one in seven young men (aged 12-20) think it is acceptable for a boy to make a girl have sex with him if she has flirted with him or led him on. More than a quarter believe that most physical violence occurs in dating because a partner provoked it. Another study has found that while many males under age 45 consider the use of physical strength to abuse female partners unfair and cowardly, and verbal and emotional abuse damaging, sexual abuse within a marriage proved a grey area for some.
While violence against women knows no cultural or age boundaries, the levels, risk and impacts of violence can affect women differently. For example, despite the increased vulnerability of women with disabilities to all forms of intimate violence, many violence prevention programs have failed to address this issue or their needs. A recent US study found that women with disabilities were 37.3 per cent more likely than women without disability (20.6 per cent) to report experiencing some form of intimate partner violence. 19.7 per cent of women with disabilities reported a history of unwanted sex compared to 8.2 per cent of women without a disability.
Due to numerous State and Territory based inquiry reports and national media coverage, the high level of violence experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their children is now better, and more widely, understood.
Despite all of this, there is limited uptake of specific violence prevention education programs nationally. Particular challenges are faced in delivering education in remote and rural areas where overall, service providers are scarce.
Outcome 3: Services Meet the needs of women and their children
The current capacity of services to meet the needs of women and their children is compromised across Australia because of insufficient funding. Insufficient funding prevents the widespread implementation and accessibility of services. The difficulties in recruiting and retaining appropriately skilled workers in this area compounds the effects of insufficient funding.
Immediate crisis services and on-going services for victims of sexual assault and domestic and family violence received a great deal of attention in the written submissions to the Council. The Council heard repeated stories about funding shortfalls for services, the lack of services, the inability of services to meet the holistic needs of the victim and her family, over-stretched and stressed services with long waiting lists, and a lack of skill and agency protocols that ensured compassionate, appropriate and timely responses to the requirements of women with more complex needs.
As disclosures and reporting of violence against women increases, the gap between demand and needs being met will only grow. Many in the sector, and the community, hold concerns that under-resourcing is already leading to limited service delivery, so that a consistently professional, high quality, and coherent response to sexual assault and domestic and family violence is, at best, uneven across the nation. Budgetary allocations must match the real size of the problem. Apart from these gaps we need to ensure that a social inclusion approach is taken seriously. Not only is more money needed to address gaps, but we need to find new ways of governing which include rethinking how policy and programs can be delivered across portfolios and between levels of government to wrap services around women and their children.
The ways in which women and their children experience violence, the options open to them in dealing with violence, and the extent to which they have access to services that meet their needs, are shaped by the intersection of gender with factors such as disability, English language proficiency, ethnicity, physical location, sexuality, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, and migration experience. These factors increase the vulnerability of women and their children to the risk and effects of violence.
Outcome 4: Responses are Just
'… States should pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating violence against women and, to this end, should: … exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and, in accordance with national legislation, punish acts of violence against women, whether those acts are perpetrated by the State or by private persons.'
Article 4 of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994, unambiguously states the premise on which our legal response to violence against women should be based.
Violence against women and children is a fundamental violation of their basic human rights. States are therefore obliged to prevent violations of human rights in the private sphere; to regulate and control private actors; and to investigate violations, punish perpetrators and provide effective remedies to victims. States may be held responsible for private acts, such as domestic and family violence, if they fail to act with due diligence to prevent, investigate, or punish acts of violence, and for providing compensation.
In 2009, Australia became a party to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The Optional Protocol enables women in Australia to make a complaint, after other legal options have been exhausted, to the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women about alleged violations of Australia's obligations under CEDAW.
'Acceding to the Optional Protocol will send a strong message that Australia is serious about promoting gender equality and that we are prepared to be judged by international human rights standards.'
The Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for the Status of Women Joint Media Release with the Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Attorney-General 24 October 2008
Outcome 5: Perpetrators stop their violence
Violence against women and their children will not stop until perpetrators cease being violent.
The Council is resolute that perpetrators of violence against women must be held accountable for their use of violence and challenged to change their behaviour. Accountability means ensuring that consequences follow if violence against women is perpetrated, and that this occurs at the individual, community and system levels.
We know little about the ways that the many different sectors and professions involved with perpetrators can complement and enhance each other’s work, and what sort of social policy will facilitate this endeavour. The Plan of Action offers strategies and actions to progress this work. Although the best means to undertake specific interventions requires future research, the Council believes approaches to perpetrators must:
ensure that women and their children are protected and safe;
hold perpetrators to account and ensure they take responsibility for their violent behaviour;
stop perpetrators’ violent behaviour and change their violence-supportive attitudes;
sustain positive change in perpetrators’ behaviour and allow them to redefine themselves as non-violent; and
subject to considerations for the safety of the victim/survivor, allow perpetrators to re-enter the community and engage in positive ways.
There are many ways the justice system can respond to perpetrators of violence. The likelihood of recidivism can be reduced through deterrents such as sentencing, through community restraints such as parole, through incapacity such as prolonged incarceration, or through effective rehabilitation. There is limited evidence that the prospect of imprisonment alone deters violence against women and their children that convicted perpetrators change their violent behaviour without, or even through, court-mandated programs, or that the adversarial nature of Australia’s legal system does not inadvertently encourage perpetrators to deny and avoid responsibility for their violence.
Further research is needed to look specifically at the effectiveness of incarceration, deterrence and community restraint in reducing recidivism in cases of violence perpetrated against women and their children.
'Locking up the perpetrator at least gives the family a break from the violence and a chance for them all to get a good night's sleep for a change. But something needs to be done to change his behaviour or it just becomes a repeating pattern - and that's really a pretty hopeless outlook.'
Police officer in regional Australia, 2008
Australian and international research shows that rehabilitative programs can be effective in reducing recidivism. In Australia, the majority of responses to perpetrators of sexual assault and domestic and family violence attempt to place them into some form of rehabilitation program. The Council’s Plan of Action explores strategies to improve the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs to change men’s violent behaviour.
Outcome 6: Systems work together effectively
A central objective of the Plan of Action is to establish and foster a coherent response to the problem of violence against women and their children.
Responding to violence against women requires high-level input from practitioners across a range of disciplines to ensure a holistic and adequate response, including from the police; state, territory and federal courts, and other elements of the justice system; health, community and government services working with women and their children; and those working with the perpetrators of violence. While services and programs are in place across all Australian jurisdictions to respond to violence against women and their children, commonly the responses are fragmented, with varying degrees of coordination across service sectors and between different levels of government. This is frequently the result of services having being designed to respond to single problems and the establishment of organisations which were targeted at particular client groups. This results in gaps in service provision, on the one hand, and duplication of services on the other.
This absence of systems that can mesh effectively has a real and profound impact on women who experience violence.
For more about the report, click here.
Way back in 1992, Sister Carolyn started a domestic violence court support program at Beenleigh Courthouse. She has pointed out to me, and no doubt will again, that the program started in 1993. I count it starting from 1992, because that is when she came to the courthouse and started assisting women who had been subject to domestic violence. Sister Carolyn received the best individual category.
Sister Carolyn had many hurdles to jump, but quickly obtained acceptance and appreciation from the local magistrates, prosecutors and lawyers for the extraordinary difference she made for women and children at one of the busiest domestic violence courts in the State.
It is at this point that I apologise for not writing down notes, in the expectation that the usually efficient media releases from the Queensland Government would have winged their way to my computer. Alas, it is not so, and I am unable to reveal everyone who won an award.
The ceremony was chaired by graceful Channel 7 newsreader Kay McGrath, who showed a keen passion about child abuse and domestic violence issues.
During the ceremony, I felt particularly proud as a partner and as a director of Australia's CEO Challenge of the efforts of it and its partners:
- another director of Australia's CEO Challenge, Donna Justo, received an award on behalf of the Gold Coast DV service because of efforts they were making to link with young men, including a CD by young men from the coast opposing violence to women
- a partner of Australia's CEO Challenge, the Brisbane City Council CEO Jude Munro, received an award for her role in having anti-domestic violence posters put on Brisbane buses, as part of efforts with CEO Challenge to raise the profile of domestic violence issues
- another partner of CEO Challenge, GHD, a large engineering and professional services firm, received an award in the Business category at it has partnered with CEO Challenge to help several refuges, and is looking to partner more.
Other winners included:
- a police effort in the outback town of St George which involved follow up with people affected by domestic violence, but after the incident, which resulted in a 40% drop in the rate of domestic violence there
- a community effort on Cape York to ensure men and boys have positive role models, including sports stars, rather than being trapped in the cycle of abuse and despair
- a community effort from Emerald in central Queensland to have locals paint art on clothing anti-violence messages, which resulted in 4000 locals visiting the exhibition at the local library (huge numbers for a town of that size).
Kay McGrath summed it up well when she talked of the inspiration of these unsung heroes working hard and changing people's lives for the better.
Weddings are (hopefully) a once-in-a-lifetime experience and you want to do everything you can to make the day a memorable one. When the economy was racing along, spending on weddings got out of control.
The good news is that it is possible to have a wonderful day without breaking the bank.
Here are some suggestions to help you keep costs down:
1. Go Back to Basics
When you get down to it, all you really need for your wedding is your beloved and yourself, a couple of rings, someone to officiate at the ceremony, and two witnesses. Anything else is really just window dressing. Do you really need to have a full formal wedding with a large wedding party? Make a list of the things that you “must” have and be flexible about the parts of the day that would be “nice to have.”
2. Think Out of Season Dates
The prime wedding season runs from Easter to September. If you are prepared to be flexible about the date, you can make your wedding budget go further if you decide to get married in the fall or winter. (The slowest time for weddings is January, by the way, and holding the ceremony then is one way to get your New Year off to a great start.)
3. Keep the Guest List Small
If you haven’t seen or heard from someone in five years or more, then don’t think that you are obligated to invite them to your wedding. The same rule applies to your boss, your co-workers, and the bowling team. You get the idea here. Invite only your nearest and dearest to share your wedding day with you; it will help to keep costs down.
4. Rethink the Formal Reception Idea
While your dream wedding may include a reception at a hotel for a few hundred guests and a multi-course sit-down dinner, that may not be in your budget. No problem; you just need to be a bit creative. When you are looking at possible wedding reception locations, ask to see a range of options for the meal. A buffet may be less expensive than a sit-down dinner, or you may choose to have an evening wedding with a cocktail reception afterward.
You may want to re-think the idea of an open bar all evening, too. One option is to have an open bar before dinner and serve a wine of your choosing with the meal. You could choose to serve beer and wine only if the alcohol will be on your tab to keep costs reasonable.
A wedding reception doesn’t necessarily have to take place in the evening. You can also choose to have the ceremony earlier in the day with a brunch or luncheon following. Menu prices will be lower with this option.
5. Avoid the Words “Wedding Cake”
Here’s a way to save on the cost of the cake for your wedding. If you plan to serve the cake at the reception, buy a sheet cake instead of a formal “wedding cake.” Those two words tend to drive up the price. If you want a cake “for show” and will be serving a different dessert at the reception, then order a small one or ask about the cost of having one or more layers being “fake.”
There are many ways that you can save money but still have a lovely wedding. With a little creativity, you can have a wonderful celebration and keep some green in your pocket.
Monday, 27 April 2009
The booklet is thorough and well researched, and is an excellent how-to guide for those who have been subject to family or domestic violence and is fearful that they have to leave Australia because their relationship has ended (and their partner has made threats to have them deported).
Sunday, 26 April 2009
Saturday, 25 April 2009
By contrast, substantiated findings have doubled from 24,732 in 1999-2000 (there was a problem with the Northern Territory statistics in 1998-1999) to 55,120 in 2007-2008.
A child may be the subject of more than one notification - in 2007-08, the 317,526 notifications recorded during the financial year concerned 195,387 children.
For more, click here.
Thursday, 23 April 2009
Inevitably, the DSM has often figured large in family law cases, where it is often unfortunately necessary for one or both parties to be assessed psychiatrically. Any psychiatrist undertaking that assessment relies on the Bible of that profession, the DSM.
The significance of the DSM cannot be overstated- through its prism psychiatrists are able to diagnose conditions, for example schizophrenia, or borderline personality disorder, so its statement of conditions as well as their symptoms can be critically important.
With this importance in mind, efforts to update the DSM to a fifth edition, or to use the jargon, DSM V, are of utmost importance, not only to psychiatrists but those affected by their assessments, including family law litigants. In a process that is taking years, and involves high powered committees, those who believe that they might gain from the new edition have been lobbying for inclusion or changes.
For example, some groups in favour of Parental Alienation Syndrome have lobbied to have it included in the DSM V and have it recognised as a syndrome. Others are equally keen to ensure that PAS remains where it is now, not recognised by the scientific community as a syndrome.
Currently, according to Psychiatric News, work is powering under way with a conference in New York, where vital questions have been asked such as:
First, what is a mental disorder? Is it symptoms? disease? functional disability? Should variants in behavior be considered disorders, and if so, how much variation?
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
The last time I saw something this powerful was a video from the Federal Government about children describing the same sort of stuff- but that lost a lot of power for me when I learnt that the kids were actors, and they were acting out scripts.
This one's real.
The Insight webpage is here. To watch online, click here (will load to a page from where you can choose which clips you want to watch).
The comments page was also compelling, especially one commentator whose parents split up when she was 4, and her mother's ongoing bitterness has affected her ever since.
Saturday, 18 April 2009
It's not surprising, is it? Financial independence is one of the necessities of life. Without it, we are stressed. Those who are stressed may lash out. They may engage in acts of crime, domestic violence and child abuse. My recollection from old stats was that those most likely to commit acts of murder were typically unemployed men, who were depressed about the fact that they were unemployed and therefore had little self-worth and no control over their lives.
Thursday, 16 April 2009
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
When the Agency refused to produce the documents, because it would be oppressive, Mr Ford took the Agency to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, lost, and then appealed to the Federal Court. The CSA eventually found one document, but because it considered the whole process oppressive, sought not to release the document, resulting in the application to the AAT and later appeal to the Federal Court.
At the time of going to the AAT, Mr Ford:
was serving a term of imprisonment imposed after a trial in December 2005 in
which he had been found guilty in the County Court of Victoria of rape, threat
to kill, stalking, aggravated burglary, false imprisonment, intentionally
causing injury and threatening to inflict serious injury. He was sentenced to
eight years’ imprisonment and required to serve a minimum of five years before
becoming eligible for parole. Those facts are relevant only to the extent that
they bear upon the respondent’s reliance on them in contending for a particular
application of the statutory provisions in issue.
The Child Support Agency also successfully sought an order preventing Mr Ford making further FOI applications without leave of the Tribunal, on the basis that the application, under section 42B of the Freedom of Information Act was frivolous or vexatious, and was bound to fail.
This application was the 22nd time Mr Ford had made a FOI application to the CSA and the 18th time he had ended up in the AAT complaining that the CSA had not given him the document.
He was also unsuccessful there.
This is what he was after:
My request for access to documents is for all emails and any other
correspondence to, from, or between H (AKA Jenkins/ Epstein) and Shaun Epstein,
from or to any other person or entity, according to that which I may have access
under the Freedom of Information Act. This includes anything deleted or
recoverable and for the period 30 August 2005 to 30 November 2005
In correspondence, an officer of the respondent advised that
the request had been interpreted as “being for documents wherein you or your
circumstances are mentioned in any way, either explicitly or by reference”, to
which the applicant responded:
‘I concur with your interpretation of my
request, and add that it extends to documents that might be read in the context
of me or my circumstances, i.e. that which has relevance. The context includes
and is not limited to the criminal proceedings, relationships, the workplace,
civil debt proceedings, FOI matters and so on. Documents include emails, texted
documents or attachments to emails...The qualification of to from or between
also includes to or from any other person or institution, and does not restrict
the scope to Epstein and H.’
The AAT upheld the objection to release the one document, an apparently disparaging email of Mr Ford by Mr Epstein, on the basis that Mr Epstein feared for his safety from Mr Ford if Mr Ford were to get a copy.
The court refused that portion of the appeal.
The next issue was whether the FOI application was frivolous or vexatious. The court held that the conclusion by the AAT that it was, was supportable:
In the final analysis, the applicant repeatedly made applications under the FOI
Act in substantially similar terms and, when they were refused, applied to the
Tribunal for review of those refusals on much the same grounds. Significant
numbers of those applications were withdrawn before they were resolved. The
inference was therefore reasonably open that the applications had been made to
annoy or harass one or more of H, Epstein and the respondent’s FOI officer. Even
if, contrary to that inference, the tendency to annoy or harass had been
co-incidental, none of the relevant applications was capable of conferring a
practical benefit on the applicant. It was therefore open to the Tribunal, to
refuse, as it did, the application.
Helpfully, he states:
No single modality will be effective for everyone. There is a street saying:
"Different strokes for different folks." Those involved in providing treatment
ignore this at times and advocate their own method of treatment to the exclusion
of others. Unfortunately, this guides many individuals into therapies that are
inappropriate for them.
He goes on to say by using a variety of means, especially one targetted for that user, will increase the chances of effectiveness.
The pharmalogical approaches to treating use of mood altering drugs are:
• Production of adverse effects if illicit drug use continues
• Reduction of craving
• Treatment of coexisting psychological states
The non-pharmalogical approaches are:
• Brief interviews
• Psychotherapy (individual or group)
• Comprehensive outpatient therapy
• Employee assistance programs
• Sociocultural support (e.g., residency houses, self-help groups, spirituality)
Why do people take drugs? Professor Stimmel states:
At the risk of oversimplification, all drug use is related to the pleasure/pain
principle. Mood-altering drugs are taken either to promote pleasure or to
relieve pain. On an individual basis, factors promoting the initiation of drug
use may vary greatly between individuals. However, they must be addressed in
order to maximize the chances of success once drug use is discontinued.
Factors thought to play a role in the inappropriate use of mood altering drugs are:
• Genetic Predisposition
• Inadequate Parenting
• Peer Pressure/The Need to Fit In
• Inappropriate Role Models
• The Need to Feel Good
Which are the most addictive?
Professor Stimmel states:
While stimulants—which range from caffeine to nicotine to hardcore drugs
such as amphetamines and cocaine—cause very little physical dependency, the
psychological dependency and craving associated with cocaine and amphetamines
are considerable. Although it is not commonly realized that dependency on
caffeine can exist, it has been documented in literature. However, it is a
dependency that is not difficult to overcome and has rarely presented a problem
in a clinical setting. Tobacco is another issue; it is quite difficult for
individuals who have become dependent on cigarettes to stop smoking, with a
recidivism rate greater than those of illicit mood-altering substances,
including heroin and cocaine. Dependence upon cocaine is perhaps the greatest
stimulant dependency to overcome.
Writing in the latest Family Court Review, American researchers Robert Kelly [email] and Sarah Ramsey [email] have suggested that there is lack of systemic research about family reports, or as they are called in the US, child custody evaluations, and call for greater research.
Child custody evaluations need to be studied systemically as a human service
system. There is little research on the history, caseload dynamics, economics,
delivery systems, or impact of custody evaluations. This article identifies five
systems-level questions about custody evaluations and examines one, outcomes
assessment, in detail by developing seven outcome hypotheses. The article
concludes that such research could improve the practice and use of child custody
Given the extensive use of family reports, their comments are concerning:
Because of the absence of rigorous scientific studies assessing the accuracy and
impact of custody evaluations, it is not possible to determine whether custody
evaluations have no overall effect, significant overall negative effects,
significant overall positive effects, or some combination of positive and
negative effects. This is distressing in light of the fact that courts consider
the evaluations, often recognize evaluators as experts, and it is recommended
that forensic child custody evaluations be scientifically informed.
The researchers pose 7 unanswered hypotheses about the possible benefits of family reports (which they were unable to test, because of a lack of research):
1. Settlement. Upon completion of a custody evaluation and/or high-quality custody evaluation, parents will be more likely to reach a non-court-imposed settlement than if no custody evaluation is done and/or the custody evaluation is poorly done.
2. Quicker Trials. Disputed custody cases and/or high-conflict disputed custody cases that go to trial will be adjudicated more rapidly when a custody evaluation and/or high-quality custody evaluation is done relative to the cases in which no custody evaluation is done or the custody evaluation is of poor quality.
3. In cases that go to trial, judges will express higher levels of satisfaction with their decision-making process and their actual decisions both when they have a custody evaluation versus no custody evaluation and when the custody evaluation they have is high quality versus low quality. 4. When a custody evaluation, independent of quality, or a high-quality custody evaluation is part of the resolution process, whether there is a pretrial settlement or an adjudication, parents will be: (a) more likely to abide by the agreed-to or court-imposed parenting plan and (b) less likely to engage in subsequent parental conflict and litigation.
5. On average parents will be more satisfied with the parenting arrangements that emerge in disputed custody cases when a custody evaluation, or a well-done custody evaluation, has been done than when there is no custody evaluation or the custody evaluation is poorly done.
6. Children in custody arrangements subsequent to a custody dispute for which a custody evaluation or a well-done custody evaluation was produced are likely to score better on child well-being measures than children from custody-disputed cases in which no custody evaluation was produced or the custody evaluation produced was of poor quality.
7. As custody evaluation institutionalization increases, court efficiency and effectiveness in disputed custody cases will be significantly affected.
Coming across this research has made me focus on some of the domestic violence cases I have had over the years where sleep deprivation was a major issue. Typically, this involved a heterosexual relationship where the man was the perpetrator, and who engaged in more and more extreme domestic violence.
When even this didn't work, he would turn to remove that one sanctity we all have- the ability to put our head on the pillow and crash. He would use sleep deprivation- you know the type- turning the house into its own little gulag- waking everyone at 1, 2 or 3am with screaming, yelling and aggression. Sometimes it would be directed at one of the children, necessitating the involvement of the mother. On other occasions it would be directed at the mother, which meant the kids got dragged into it come what may.
Here is the summary of the research:
This paper argues that sleep disruption is both a strategy and an effect of violence and abuse which profoundly affects the lives of women and children. This paper traces the interconnections between the patterns of sleeping (not sleeping) for women and children living with and recovering from the effects of violence and abuse. It highlights the threat to the emotional and physical well-being of children and women and provides a non-pathologizing route into an exploration of one of the symptoms of trauma. It is based on a pilot study which interviewed 17 women, 14 of whom were mothers to 28 children. Mothers reported that many of their children experienced nightmares, bed-wetting, night panics and disrupted sleep patterns. Recovery of the ability to sleep was often slow and uneven with interactive effects between women and children slowing progress.
For more, click here.
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
This is yet another reminder that there are basically two types of schemes, defined benefit and accumulation, and the risks and benefits with each is different.
Defined benefit schemes
A defined benefit scheme is where the money in the scheme ( or in the Commonwealth Government's case, the lack of money in the scheme) belongs to the trustee.
[On this note, I mention the Future Fund. The only reason for its existence is to meet future superannuation liabilities for Commonwealth public servants, and therefore try to be less of a burden on taxpayers in the future.]
The member of the scheme is paid a benefit on retirement based on a formula (hence the term "defined benefit") which is usually based on such things as number of years of service, position, earnings etc. Some formulae are quite simple, but others, such as Comsuper are remarkably complex.
The significance of defined benefit schemes for companies is that the trustee wears the risk. Occasionally, if the scheme makes a lot of money, then the trust deed might provide that the surplus is paid back to the company, as happened with Westpac some years ago, and not to members. However, if things go awry, then the trustee (meaning the employer) has to stump up the cash.
Defined benefit schemes can be complex, difficult to value, in the family law context at times not able to be split, but often worth more to a member than an accumulation fund, because the risk is always with the trustee.
Typically, defined benefit schemes were the first type of scheme. Therefore they are often quite well endowed, due to historical earnings.
Because of the risk issue, employers including governments have tried to cap new memberships in the defined benefit schemes, eg the Queensland Government scheme Qsuper, and tried to encourage members to leave for accumulation schemes, even with sizeable incentives to members- eg Telstra some years ago.
These now reportedly represent 90% of memberships. Essentially they are like bank accounts. Provided the returns are there, then with the accumulation of deposits, with compound interest, they grow.
The risk is wholly that of the members.
The prosecution of intimate partner violence is thought to be infrequent, as is the rate at which those prosecutions result in a criminal conviction. The lack of prosecutorial and court response to intimate partner violence is considered one of the inadequacies of the justice system, an indicator of society's inattentiveness to violence against women, and another reason to question the criminal justice system's ability to successfully address violence between intimate partners.
The review of 135 English language studies lead researchers Joel Garner from the Joint Centers for Justice Studies and Christopher Maxwell from Michigan State University to challenge the widely accepted notion that prosecution and conviction for this offence are infrequent. There is great variability in the reported rates of prosecution and conviction for intimate partner violence. These studies report that, on average, about one third of the reported offenses and more than three fifths of arrests result in the filing of charges; more than half of all prosecutions result in a criminal conviction.
For the abstract, click here.
Monday, 13 April 2009
In terms of parental practices, verbal (and not corporal) punishment in the last 6 months significantly predicted aggression toward fathers. A childhood life-course of violence is likely to culminate in aggression toward fathers during adolescence. Beyond this risk, it seems that harsh verbal punishment by parents builds up the odds of child-directed aggression against fathers.
For an abstract, click here.
Sunday, 12 April 2009
What is telling about this case is that when dealing with overseas authorities, sometimes it is necessary to take things into your own hands. One now retired Brisbane private eye made it a career decision to go overseas and abduct back children who had previously been snatched from Australia. This sometimes involved hair-raising adventures, just demonstrating that at times there can be real danger in such an approach.
The new report Violence against Women in Melanesia and East Timor sponsored by among others the Federal Government, assesses programs that successfully tackle violence in their communities, and lays out best practices to tackle violence in a sustainable and scalable way.
It also highlights three key approaches to reducing violence against women:
(1) increase women's access to justice,
(2) increase women's access to support services and
(3) prevent violence through awareness of gender inequality.
Source: International Center for Research on Women
Saturday, 11 April 2009
Despite all that lawyers have been taught about plain language, all this has been lost on the framers of this legislation. I won't bore you with buckets of drafting, but just give you a snippet.
Recently I have had to look at sections 111 and 112 of the Child Support(Assessment) Act. I set them out in total:
CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 111 Application for amendment of administrative assessment that is more than 18 months old
Parent or carer applications
(1) A liable parent, or a carer entitled to child support, (the applicant ) may apply to a court having jurisdiction under this Act for leave for:
(a) the Registrar to make a determination under section 98S; or
(b) the court to make an order under section 118;
in respect of a day in a child support period, being a day that is more than 18 months, and less than 7 years, earlier than the day on which the application under this section is made.
(2) Subject to section 145 (Registrar may intervene in proceedings), the parties to the proceeding under subsection (1) are:
(a) the applicant; and
(i) the liable parent; or
(ii) the carer entitled to child support.
(3) The Registrar (the applicant ) may apply to a court having jurisdiction under this Act for leave for the Registrar to make a determination under section 98S in respect of a day in a child support period, being a day that is more than 18 months, and less than 7 years, earlier than the day on which the application under this section is made.
(4) The parties to the proceeding under subsection (3) are:
(a) the applicant; and
(b) the liable parent; and
(c) the carer entitled to child support.
CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 - SECT 112 Court may grant leave to amend administrative assessment that is more than 18 months old
(1) If an application is made to a court under section 111, the court may grant leave for:
(a) the Registrar to make a determination under section 98S; or
(b) the court to make an order under section 118.
(2) The court may grant leave for an order to be made under section 118 if the court is satisfied that it would be in the interest of the parties to the proceeding for the court to consider, at the same time as it hears the application under section 111, whether an order should be made under section 118. If the court does so, the applicant is taken to have made an application to the court under section 116 for such an order.
(3) Otherwise, the court may grant leave for the Registrar to make a determination under section 98S.
(3A) To avoid doubt, the court may grant leave for the Registrar to make a determination under section 98S, or for the court to make an order under section 118, irrespective of what the applicant applied for under section 111.
Matters to be considered
(4) In considering whether to grant leave under subsection (1), the court must have regard to:
(a) any responsibility, and reason, for the delay in:
(i) making an application under section 98B or 116; or
(ii) making a determination under section 98S;
as the case requires; and
(b) the hardship to the applicant (other than the Registrar) if leave is not granted; and
(c) the hardship to the other party or parties (other than the Registrar) if leave is granted.
(5) The court may have regard to any other relevant matter.
Orders granting leave to specify period
(6) An order granting leave under this section must specify the period in respect of which the Registrar may make a determination or the court may make an order.
(7) The period specified under subsection (6):
(a) must not include a day in a child support period if the day is more than 7 years earlier than the day on which the application under section 111 was made; and
(b) is not limited by the terms of that application.
No requirement to make determination or order
(8) The granting of leave under subsection (1) does not imply that:
(a) the Registrar is required to make a determination under section 98S; or
(b) the court is required to make an order under section 118.
CSA General Manager, Matt Miller, "More parents are working together for the benefit of their children.,"
"Independent research conducted by the Open Mind Research Group in August 2008 showed that only 17 per cent of receiving parents and 14 per cent of paying parents surveyed said they were extremely unlikely to be able to liaise with their ex-partner in a businesslike way.
"This is significantly fewer compared to the previous wave of research conducted in early 2008 (37 per cent receiving parents and 31 per cent paying parents)." So while more separated parents are working together, they can still experience a range of emotions like grief, loss and depression when they separate and their children may be suffering too.
There are about 445,000 teenagers whose parents are registered with the CSA, with an additional 11,000 teenagers affected by family separation in Australia every year.
Kids Helpline General Manager, Wendy Protheroe, said the most common issue children call to talk about is family relationships, particularly conflict and separation."Last year we undertook almost 9,000 counselling sessions about family relationships and almost three-quarters of those related to frequent or major family conflict and family breakdown, separation or divorce," Ms Protheroe said.
"Many parents don't realise that even minor conflict can be harmful for their children, so it's important for families to be aware of the range of support services available."
Mr Miller said family separation is a common experience in Australia, and it was important for parents to put the wellbeing of their children first."I encourage separated parents to learn about the many resources available to not only help them, but also to help their kids," Mr Miller said.
Mr Miller said the booklet 'Family Separation - a guide for teens' offers great advice for teens about how to cope with their changing situation and contains a list of contacts they can approach for support. The information is also available at http://www.youth.csa.gov.au/
The booklet and website were developed in consultation with more than 20 stakeholders and community organisations including Kids Helpline, beyondblue and Relationships Australia."The guide helps teenagers to identify their rights and it contains a list of contacts that teens can approach for help," Mr Miller said.
"We encourage those who feel they need support to ask for it them to reach out to friends and professionals if they need to." One parent who was involved in the research of the booklet said it was something that would help parents address questions they didn't know their children had.
"Everyone says kids cope, that they just adapt, and they do, but there's a lot left unspoken."The CSA is also in the process of developing products specifically for children aged under 12 who are experiencing family separation, addressing common issues like grief, anxiety and dealing with conflict.Kids Helpline, Australia's only national children's counselling service, provides 24 hour counselling services to young people aged 5 to 25 years - free call 1800 55 1800 or online at http://www.kidshelp.com.au/
"When parents separate, young people often say they feel isolated so it's important that they know they're not alone, and that there are people they can talk to," Mr Miller said.Order CSA publications on 1800 040 972 or at http://www.csa.gov.au/
Edited media release from Child Support Agency
Friday, 10 April 2009
Unfortunately, life is not so simple, and the reality is that some women are violent to their men, and unfortunately in some gay and lesbian relationships domestic violence exists too.
I mention this because of some research from Hong Kong I stumbled across. Researchers went to 7 hospitals and interviewed over 3000 pregnant women. About 9% reported having been abused by their partners in the preceding year.
In-law conflict was the characteristic most significantly associated with preceding-year abuse against pregnant women, after controlling for covariates. Findings underscore the need to obtain information on in-law conflict as a risk factor for interpersonal violence. In-law conflict should be included in the assessment of risk for interpersonal violence. For the prevention of interpersonal violence, family-based intervention is needed to work with victims as well as in-laws.
This research backs up some stories that I have been told by female Asian/Australian clients- that they were assaulted:
- by their husbands for allegedly showing "disrespect" to his parents, typically his mother;
- or assaulted by their mother-in law for showing her "disrespect" which caused a loss of face.
For an abstract of the research, click here.
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
No doubt good stuff- but where were these principles? Nowhere to be seen.
I then wrote to the court's media officer. Here is the substantive response, which I have just received:
I apologise for raising expectations via the media release on the
FVBPP - the purpose was to tell parties and practitioners that, in addition to
the programs and processes they might utilise when violence is alleged,there was
activity 'behind the scenes' as well to address violence.
The release clearly begged the question because I have had numerous
requests for copies of the FVBPP or questions why they can't be found on
the website.However, the FVBPP are for the guidance of the judges and as present
they are not available to a wider audience.
The courts pride themselves on transparency. When judges make decisions in which their reasons are not completely transparent, they are rightly criticised on appeal.
For the sake of transparency, the court ought to release the principles for public scrutiny. If US courts can do so, there ought to be no reason that the Family Court cannot do so. When the Family Court published its family violence policy, it did so in the public eye, after much public consultation.
The claim is alleged to have arisen in part when her shares were sold at the time of the collapse in ABC's shareprice. Dr Groves asserts that the sales were without her permission.
It is very rare for cases of this kind to appear in the public eye. There are four notable features about this claim:
- unlike most property claims against a former spouse, it's not in the Family Court or the Federal Magistrates Court. This dispute is therefore not dealt with in secret because of s.121 of the Family Law Act, but very much in the public eye. It is rare for a claim to be brought between ex-spouses other than under the Family Law Act because of the real possibility that there may be an adjustment in any case afterwards under s.79 of the Family Law Act.
- because it's in the Supreme Court presumably the basis of the claim is under common law or some statute, and not under s.79 of the Family Law Act. This case illustrates s.119 of the Family Law Act- husbands and wives can sue each other in contract or tort and are not limited to claims under the Family Law Act.
- the size of the claim. It's for big bikkies.
- the number of parties. In reality because it is a commercial dispute involving a number of banks, the most appropriate jurisdiction would be a court that handles commercial disputes as its daily bread and butter- such as the Supreme Court, which is where the dispute is being handled, rather than a court that specialises in family (not primarily commercial) disputes, such as the Family Court.
Sunday, 5 April 2009
This is the question asked by Jodie and Marcus Hucker, amongst others, who discovered after the event that according to the NSW Government that their marriage was a sham - because they could not produce a marriage certificate.
And why couldn't they? Because a marriage certificate never issued. The minister who wed them was blind- although he says apparently that he sent the paperwork to the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages and it was either presumably lost in the mail or lost by the Registry.
The church's record of marriages had also gone missing.
Their problem came to a head when a passport had to be renewed, and they found themselves sending the wedding video to the Passports Office to try and show that they were married.
It seems that their marriage is now recognised, without the certificate, and they are now seeking compensation for all the grief that has happened because their marriage was not recognised.
Marriage certificates are relied upon as proof that someone has married. The thought goes therefore that - no marriage certificate, no marriage.
Despite reliance on a marriage certificate, a certificate is not required for someone to marry. If the bride and groom have gone through the ceremony with all the formalities required, and the preacher is then struck by lightning before the certificate is signed- it's still a valid marriage. Having a certificate, as seen in the case of Jodie and Marcus Hucker, however makes it easy to prove that someone is married.
The answer is contained in sections 73, 50 and 80 of the Marriage Act (excuse the wording):
A marriage solemnized under this Part, being a marriage which, if it had been solemnized in Australia in accordance with Division 2 of Part IV would have been a valid marriage, is valid throughout Australia and the external Territories.
In other words- do the formal bits and even without a certificate the marriage is at that stage valid.
section 50(2) (with emphasis):
(2) Immediately after the solemnization of the marriage, the authorized celebrant, each of the parties to the marriage and 2 witnesses of the marriage who are, or appear to the authorized celebrant to be, over the age of 18 years shall sign each of the certificates so prepared.
Section 80(2) (with emphasis):
(2) Immediately after the solemnization of the marriage:
(a) the chaplain; and
(b) each of the parties to the marriage; and
(c) 2 witnesses of the marriage who are, or appear to the chaplain to be, over the age of 18 years;
shall sign each of the certificates so prepared.
Sections 50(5)and (6) and 80(5) and (6) allow for what might happen if the celebrant or preacher dies before signing the certificate:
(5) Where the authorized celebrant dies without having prepared and signed the certificates of the marriage, or where by reason of other special circumstances the Minister thinks it necessary to do so, the Minister [ ie federal politician] may, if satisfied that the marriage was duly solemnized, prepare and sign the certificates with such modifications as are appropriate.
(6) A certificate prepared and signed by the Minister under subsection (5) has the same force and effect as if it had been prepared and signed, in accordance with this section, by the authorized celebrant.
(5) Where the chaplain dies without having prepared and signed the certificates of the marriage, or where by reason of other special circumstances the Minister [ ie federal politician] thinks it necessary to do so, the Minister may, if satisfied that the marriage was duly solemnized, prepare and sign the certificates with such modifications as are appropriate.
(6) A certificate prepared and signed by the Minister under subsection (5) has the same force and effect as if it had been prepared and signed, in accordance with this section, by the chaplain.
Friday, 3 April 2009
In Myerson v Myerson, the husband was and is a fund manager in London. At the time of orders being made in March 2008 as to property settlement, the wife would retain GBP11 million (43%) and the husband would retain GBP14.5 million (57%). The husband had to pay the wife GBP11 million, GBP1.5 million coming from the transfer of a home, and the balance in cash, presumably funded from his shares.
At the time of the making of the orders, the husband's shares were worth just over GBP15 million, at GBP2.99 per share.
The value of the shares then crashed. The husband, feeling squeezed, applied to the court to set aside the orders. His counsel noted that the shares were now worth less than 10% of their former value, last trading at 27.5 pence per share; and that as a result the division between the parties was no longer 57/43 in the husband's favour but 14% to the husband and 86% to the wife.
The Court of Appeal rejected the husband's argument, in part saying:
The order was not imposed but was the product of the will of the parties. The
husband, with all knowledge both public and private, agreed to an asset division
which left him captain of the ship certain to keep for himself whatever profits
or gains his enterprise and experience would achieve in the years
...When [his counsel] was asked what would be the
husband's target if the appeal were allowed, he replied that the husband would
probably seek the repayment of all or part of the first instalment of the lump
sum in exchange for transferring to the wife an unspecified number of his
shares.... That response casts a clear light on the merits of this appeal. When
a businessman takes a speculative position in compromising his wife's claims,
why should the court subsequently relieve him of the consequences of his
speculation by re-writing the bargain at his behest?
The Financial Times reported that:
Family lawyers said the case would head off a deluge of similar applications
from recently divorced bankers and traders who had been hit hard by the economic
Upshot? The husband still has to pay the wife GBP9.5 million. One can only wonder if this were a Pyrrhic victory on her part. If he hasn't got the money, he hasn't got it. Although presented by the court as his problem alone, because it is a judgment debt that has to be paid, in reality it is both their problem, and some commercial commonsense might be needed.
Setting aside orders in Australia
In Australia, the basis of setting aside property orders is under section 79A of the Family Law Act, which provides, relevantly:
(1) Where, on application by a person affected by an order made
by a court
under section 79
in property settlement
proceedings, the court
is satisfied that:
(a) there has been a miscarriage of justice by reason of fraud, duress, suppression of evidence (including failure to disclose relevant information), the giving of false evidence or any other circumstance; or
(b) in the circumstances that have arisen since the order was made it is impracticable for the order to be carried out or impracticable for a part of the order to be carried out; or
(c) a person has defaulted in carrying out an obligation imposed on the person by the order and, in the circumstances that have arisen as a result of that default, it is just and equitable to vary the order or to set the order aside and make another order in substitution for the order; or
(d) in the circumstances that have arisen since the making of the order,
being circumstances of an exceptional nature relating to the care, welfare and
development of a child of the marriage, the child or, where the applicant
has caring responsibility for the child (as defined in subsection (1AA)), the applicant,
will suffer hardship if the court does not vary the order or set the order aside and make another order in substitution for the order; or
(e) a proceeds of crime order has been made covering property of the parties to the marriage or either of them, or a proceeds of crime order has been made
against a party to the marriage;
(1A) A court may, on application by a person affected by an order made
by a court under section 79 in property settlement proceedings, and with the consent of all the parties to the proceedings in which the order was made, vary the order or set the order aside and, if it considers appropriate, make another order under section 79 in substitution for the order so set aside.
Miscarriage of justice
The Family Court has made plain for the last 30 years that the miscarriage of justice must have occurred at or before the date of making the order. A husband in the same circumstances as Mr Myerson would not be able to rely on this ground.
The other factor that must be considered is that even if the ground is made out, whether the earlier order is set aside is always at the discretion of the court. I recall a case I had some years ago where there was a clear basis for setting aside the court orders. The husband applied to set them aside. The problem for the husband was that if he succeeded in the application, on his own application my client, the wife, would have to be paid more. My client did not want to be paid more, just what she was entitled to under the existing orders. The court did not set aside the orders.
Impracticable to carry out the orders
Eleven years ago, the Family Court said that the test in circumstances where the husband's financial position had deteriorated after the property settlement orders had been made was:
- It is not enough that circumstances have arisen since the order was made which make it unjust for the order or part of the order to be carried out; the onus is upon the applicant to establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Court, that in the circumstances that have arisen... it is impracticable for the order or part of the order to be carried out.
- The word `impracticable' means, gleaning a definition from the Shorter Oxford Dictionary, `not practicable'; `that cannot be carried out or done'; `practicably impossible'; `unmanageable'; `intractable'.'
Therefore it is possible for someone like Mr Myerson in Australia to succeed, where in England he failed to set aside the orders, if he can show that it is impracticable to carry out the payment to the wife.Act of default
Someone like Mr Myerson could not come to the Family or Federal Magistrates Courts and say: "I've defaulted, please change the orders." He would have a heavy onus of proof to show why the order might need to be varied or set aside.
It is possible that a man in the position of Mr Myerson might be successful on this basis in Australia.
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Every five years, the Congress passes a new farm bill. It's a huge, complicated mess that doesn't work in the best interest of all Americans anymore. While it used to be about effective supports for the American farmer, it's really all about artificially supporting major agribusiness corporations, at the expense of the American taxpayer. To the tune of $25 billion dollars per year. Plus a huge overproduction of corn, wheat, and soybeans, which means cheap soda domestically and artificially depressed crop prices worldwide.
Michael Pollan, the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, wrote a piece for last week's New York Times magazine that exposes the farm bill's problems. They are legion, and hopefully Congress will address them as they craft the bill that will replace the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 - set to expire at the end of this year.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 11, 2010 — Washington Global Health Alliance, Public Health - Seattle & King County, HealthPoint and Swedish today announced a formal partnership and commitment to work together to address disparities in local healthcare through a groundbreaking initiative: Global to Local, a new approach in applying global solutions to local healthcare challenges in underserved populations.
As part of the initiative, Global to Local is collaborating with neighboring cities in Tukwila, Wash. and SeaTac, Wash. (located just south of downtown Seattle, Wash.), to provide innovative, holistic and community-driven solutions to providing healthcare and economic development strategies in diverse, low-income populations.
“It is surprising to many that some of the greatest disparities between the wealthiest and poorest in our nation can be found in our own backyards,” said David Fleming, director and health officer, Public Health - Seattle & King County. “We selected this location as our pilot site because there are profound differences between the health of its residents in comparison to other communities in the region. Not only will Global to Local benefit these individual communities, it really has the potential to serve as a model in furthering community health.”
The collaboration and new initiative were announced in a joint press conference at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, Wash. during the Swedish 2010 Healthcare Symposium: Innovation in the Age of Reform, a summit featuring a diverse group of healthcare pioneers and leaders coming together to redesign the American health-care system.
Numerous organizations within the Washington Global Health Alliance are working to improve lives for millions worldwide. The new Global to Local initiative seeks to utilize expertise and experience from these organizations to uncover ways successful global health strategies can be applied in our county, state and country.
South King County, in particular, has been selected as the pilot site because its health demographics mirror those in certain developing countries. There are many other communities in our state and country that have similar health disparities. The initiative’s leaders hope to create a program that can be replicated throughout our state and across the country.
“Seattle and Washington State are considered the nexus of global health activity in the world, yet just a few miles from downtown, we have communities where our neighbors’ health challenges are comparable to communities in Africa where our members work,” said Lisa Cohen, executive director of the Washington Global Health Alliance, a non-profit organization working to enhance and expand Washington’s global health impact.”This program is truly an evolution—a holistic approach. We realized that the techniques used in developing countries can be successfully replicated right here in our backyard.”
Members of the Global to Local partnership are working together to develop a new community-based healthcare program to better educate and inform residents in South King County. This includes, but is not limited to, training and developing community health workers, partnering with cities to link health with economic development programming, mobilizing community-based organizations to make it easier for residents to select and choose healthier foods for their families, generating educational campaigns around priority health issues and using technologies and communications tools to transform practices.
“I see Global to Local as a collaboration amongst four organizations with the goal of helping the health of a community improve,” said Thomas Trompeter, chief executive officer at HealthPoint, a local nonprofit community health center providing a health care home services to more than 60,000 of King County residents. “By increasing our focus on health and wellness—including basic screenings and vaccines—we can decrease the need for acute care among those who lack access to the care that many of us take for granted.”
Swedish, the largest and most comprehensive non-profit medical provider in the Greater Seattle area, has committed $1 million in funding to the initiative.
“There is a universal need to re-define healthcare, and that includes improving healthcare models and delivery in our communities,” said Dr. Rod Hochman, chief executive officer of Swedish. “Community care has been a core component of our mission. As part of our 100th anniversary and our central mission to give back to the community, we decided this would be a great way to celebrate our centennial. We hope this program will ultimately serve as a model that can be applicable to a wide range of people throughout the country.”
“We’re at a point in healthcare now where the old model simply can no longer sustain itself,” said Dan Dixon, vice president of external affairs at Swedish. “This initiative is so exciting because not only does it combine the remarkable innovations we’ve taken to developing nations and applies them at home, but it also combines the experience, resources and community goodwill of the participating organizations in way that’s never been attempted before.”
Currently, the partnership is working in conjunction with area community colleges to develop curriculums in community care-giving in line with the principals of the initiative. Seattle’s Northwest Securities has committed to providing financial and economic development council for the initiative. Additionally, the partnership is working toward the development of a unique new community resource center combining health, social services and economic development programs.
In addition to Swedish’s institutional support, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) Subcommittee, included funding to boost the Global to Local Health Initiative ($400,000 for supplies and equipment) in the Fiscal Year 2011 LHHS Appropriations bill. Having passed the LHHS Subcommittee, the bill will now to go to the full Senate Appropriations Committee before going to the full Senate for consideration. Public Health - Seattle & King County has also contributed to the initiative by developing a program manager position to oversee the project. The program manager works out of HealthPoint’s SeaTac clinic.
Additional partners within the Tukwila and SeaTac communities are supporting Global to Local to learn and educate the partners about the needs and strengths of the community. These organizations include City Human Services Managers for SeaTac & Tukwila, Community Schools Collaboration, Highline Youth Clinic, Lutheran Community Services, Riverton Park United Methodist Church, New Futures, New Hope Health Clinic and Somali Health Care & Prevention.
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About Washington Global Health Alliance
The Washington Global Health Alliance exists to engage in and advocate for Washington State as a center for global health innovation. WGHA facilitates collaboration to create activities and partnerships that wouldn’t otherwise exist by seeking creative public-private partnership opportunities and promoting global health understanding through outreach and awareness. Executive members include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, GAPPS, an initiative of Seattle Children’s, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Institute for Systems Biology, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PATH, Public Health, Seattle-King County, Seattle BioMed, Washington State University and the University of Washington. We also have many sponsoring and supporting members working to improve lives worldwide.
About Public Health - Seattle & King County
Public Health - Seattle & King County works to protect and improve the health and well-being of all people in King County. As one of the largest metropolitan health departments in the United States, Public Health serves 1.9 million residents of King County in a diverse and dynamic environment, where over 50 languages are spoken and 30 million people visit every year. Addressing the leading health challenges of the 21st century, Public Health is working to reduce chronic diseases, like heart disease, diabetes and cancer by creating healthy environments for communities and making the healthy choice the easy choice for individuals. Public Health also works to make sure that all people who live in King County have the opportunity to live long, healthy lives, regardless of where they live or the color of their skin.
HealthPoint, a Community Health Center with 40 years of experience serving those in need in King County, has 12 clinics that deliver comprehensive medical and dental care to over 62,000 patients annually. HealthPoint’s work addresses health disparities and inequitable access amongst low-income, uninsured, minority, immigrant, refugee and homeless families and individuals in suburban King County, primarily South King County.
Established in 1910, Swedish has grown over the last 100 years to become the largest, most comprehensive non-profit health provider in the Greater Seattle area. It is comprised of three hospital campuses – First Hill, Cherry Hill and Ballard – a freestanding emergency department and ambulatory care center in Issaquah, Swedish Visiting Nurse Services, and the Swedish Physician Division – a network of more than 40 primary-care and specialty clinics located throughout the Puget Sound area. In fall 2009, Swedish broke ground on a new medical office building and hospital in the Issaquah Highlands, as well as an emergency department and medical office building in Ballard. More recently, Swedish announced plans to open freestanding emergency department and ambulatory care center facilities in Mill Creek and Redmond. In addition to general medical and surgical care, Swedish is known as a regional referral center, providing specialized treatment in areas such as cardiovascular care, cancer care, neuroscience, orthopedics, high-risk obstetrics, pediatric specialties, organ transplantation and clinical research. For more information, visit www.swedish.org.
- To read a related story The Seattle Times originally posted Oct. 7, click here.
- To read a related story posted Oct. 10 on the Highline Times Web site, click here.
- To read a related story posted Oct. 11 on Local Health Guide/Seattle, click here.
- To listen to a related story that aired Oct. 11 on KOMO Radio (AM 1000; ABC), click here.
- To listen to a related story that aired Oct. 11 on KPLU Radio (88.5 FM; NPR), click here.
- To read a related post from Oct. 12 on the blog, 'About Health Insurance,' click here.
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So, I’ve been thinking about the Jesus story lately – not so much from the religious perspective but from the social perspective. I’m thinking about power and agency and autonomy. I’m wondering how a man who deliberately preached non-violence ended up with the death penalty and why his followers, after codifying a system of orthodoxy, have advocated violence in his name over so many centuries.
It sounds like a great idea. Maybe, on some level, it is. However, life is messy. Relationships are confusing. Nuance and paradox don’t fit neatly into simple categories. And so the response to this messy context is a militant defense of “the pure.” It’s why Jesus gets nailed for hanging with hookers and Socrates is told to drink hemlock and my neo-con friends will go to any length possible to convince me that hooded sweatshirts are indeed a sign of a criminal (even if St. Francis of Assisi wore one).
I’ve heard it in several contexts and communities, spanning many philosophies. People throw around phrases like, “If you really believed this, then you would take it seriously” or “look at the cognitive dissonance. Why can’t you simply follow your philosophy?”
What purists miss is that every great idea that begins as a utopia eventually hits a logical extreme that results in a dystopia. Both in fiction and in life, we’ve seen the dangers of socialism, anarchy, libertarianism, capitalism, pragmatism, meritocracy, globalism, parochialism and pretty much any other -ism that humans have embraced with a puritanical zeal.
Ultimately, purists eventually hit a point of becoming puritanical. It’s why conservatives create the violent and xenophobic Tea Parties and why radicals eventually tried to defend armed guerilla groups that murdered innocent civilians in the name of liberation.
It’s why unschooling purists think it’s okay to call teachers slave-drivers and child-abusers and why public school advocates push the union to attack home-schooling, continue to support laws that punish parents for un-schooling and ultimately use the same pejorative language about “child abuse” against those who believe in alternative education.
I’m not sure what the answer is in education, but I know this much: whatever I suggest and support I need to question and balance with alternative perspectives. I want change, but if change becomes puritanical, we will end up moving toward a dystopia.
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By Lisa Vorderbrueggen
Monday, January 10th, 2011 at 12:01 pm in California budget.
Read Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget here, but don’t expect any cheery news.
It contains big cuts in everything from childcare subsidies to higher education.
And expect a lot of talk around this innocent-sounding word: Realignment.
It refers to Brown’s interest in shifting responsibility away from the state to local government. The idea is to send the money chiefly to counties that the state spends on programs such as incarceration of short-term prisoners, individuals on probation and court security. In return, local governments will decide how much they want to pay to provide the services.
Brown’s plan freezes redevelopment agencies going forward but keeps intact existing projects. The money would instead go to local agencies and schools.
The success of Brown’s proposal depends a great deal on whether or not voters will agree, probably in June, to extend taxes five years. First, though, Brown must persuade legislators to place the measure on the ballot, a very difficult proposition given Democrats’ unhappiness with cuts to social services and Republicans’ desire to avoid tax hikes.
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From Septemebr 15 - October 15, 2013 scarecrows can be found peeping out around the trees and shrubs welcoming guests to the Garden for the Sixth Annual Scarecrow Stroll! Members and guests of all ages can join in on the fun by voting on their favorite.The theme for 2013 - Animals!
Businesses, organizations, non-profits, daycares, community organizations’ and local families can create unique 'crows which can be found throughout the Garden grounds! Click here to download the Scarecrow Design Contest Entry Form!
Entry forms are due August 23, 2013.
Stroll through the Garden and choose your favorite scarecrow! Join us during regular Garden hours
Monday – Friday 9am -5pm or Saturday and Sunday 10am-6pm.
Garden members are free.
General Admission $5
Youth (5-12 ): $3
Child (4 & Younger): Free
Congratulations to the creators of the 2012 winning Scarecrows!
2012 Scarecrow Winners:
1st Place: Neil Armstrong by Roosevelt Elementary School's 2nd Grade
2nd Place: Queen Elizacrow the 1st by Wendy and Bill Jordan.
3rd Place: Kristin Armstrong by Roosevelt Elementary School's 2nd Grade
Neil Armstrong by the CWC
Sacagawea by Highlands Elementary SchoolPeople's Choice:
1st Place: Sassy the Sasquatch by the Boise Co-Op
2nd Place: Snoopy and Charlie Brown by Royal Pet Care
3rd Place: Queen ElisAcrow the 1st by Wendy and Bill Jordan
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USDA Announces Additional Steps to Reduce Fraud and Misuse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
WASHINGTON, February 21, 2013 – Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced tough new measures as a part of USDA's ongoing effort to ensure integrity in the nation's nutrition safety net, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
"Where there is a will to commit malfeasance, bad actors will try to find a way, and we must do everything we can to stay ahead of the curve," Concannon said. "Today's announcement reaffirms USDA's ongoing commitment to cracking down on abuse and protecting taxpayers' investment in this critical nutrition lifeline."
Today's announcement codifies an expanded legal definition of "trafficking" that incorporates not only the direct exchange of SNAP benefits for cash but other indirect methods of obtaining cash for SNAP benefits. The expanded definition now includes so-called "water dumping," or the purchase of beverages in containers with returnable deposits for the sole purpose of discarding the contents and returning the containers to obtain cash refund deposits; and the sale or purchase of products originally purchased with SNAP benefits for purposes of exchanging those products for cash or other items.
USDA is also seeking comment on a new proposal that would authorize USDA to immediately suspend payments to retailers suspected of flagrant trafficking violations from accepting SNAP benefits. Currently, when a retailer is suspected of trafficking, USDA must first conduct an investigation before suspending the retailer. If USDA determines that a retailer is a flagrant trafficker, the Department would be authorized to immediately suspend its redemptions. Such a step would happen concurrently with the retailer being charged; thereby allowing the Department to hold funds that might ultimately be forfeited by the store if the disqualification is upheld.
USDA has front line responsibility for overseeing and enforcing the law with respect to the more than 238,000 retailers that are authorized to accept SNAP benefits. While the vast majority of businesses participating in SNAP are honest and play by the rules, USDA continues to strengthen sanctions against those few bad actors seeking to take advantage of the program. Last year, USDA compliance analysts and investigators took action to permanently disqualify 1,387 stores for trafficking in SNAP benefits (i.e. exchanging SNAP benefits for cash) or falsifying an application.
SNAP – the nation's first line of defense against hunger – helps put food on the table for millions of low income families and individuals every month. The largest of USDA's 15 nutrition assistance programs, it has never been more critical to the fight against hunger. Nearly half of SNAP participants are children and more than 40 percent of recipients live in households with earnings.
Today's announcement is part of the Obama Administration's ongoing Campaign to Cut Waste designed to fight fraud, abuse and misuse in federal programs. For more information about USDA efforts to combat fraud, visit the Stop SNAP fraud website at www.fns.usda.gov/snap/fraud.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992 (Toll-free Customer Service), (800) 877-8339 (Local or Federal relay), (866) 377-8642 (Relay voice users).
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China's resilience is an economic gut check for America
Nobel Laureate Michael Spence talks about lessons from China, austerity vs. stimulus, long-term investment in a politically divided democracy, and prospects for economic growth.
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Perhaps the Western consumer democracies, where the feedback signals of politics, the media, and the market all tend to steer society toward immediate gratification, could learn something these days from China?Skip to next paragraph
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Spence: Yes, we could especially learn from the way they think about the evolution of the economy over the long term and then, in a pragmatic, non-ideological way, set about getting things done.
Democracy makes it a much more complicated and time-consuming process to get from A to B, to build consensus, invest in and support those things that sustain long-term growth. It is not impossible to do that in democracies today, of course. Brazil has turned itself around, and India seems to be doing so. So there is something to learn from them as well.
And, as you point out in the example of California, we were able to do that at one time in the US.
But we’ve forgotten what it takes. Too often in some parts of the American political culture there is a narrative that simply says that “the government should provide stability and the private sector will take care of everything else.”
It doesn’t work that way. And it never has, even in the US It takes a commitment of resources and a long-term perspective. It is a bit like the way venture capital works. You don’t know exactly how things will unfold, but you have to have a portfolio of projects to try to create and capture emerging opportunities.
In the developing countries that are successful, they think more in terms of a complementary relationship between the public and private sector.
Saving and sacrifice
Gardels: Is there a cultural issue here? Do societies dominated by a consumer mentality have the political gumption anymore to save and sacrifice for the longer term?
Spence: I’m not sure I understand the underlying forces that have led us to short-termism and underinvestment. But I do know changing that is above all a political process of building consensus for responsible governance. Those who think all you need to do is cut taxes and everything else will fall in place are wrong.
For a country of our level of income and wealth, the state of the infrastructure has become an embarrassment. Why can’t we set a goal in America of having first-class infrastructure in 15 years?
Gardels: You said recently, “I have this gnawing feeling about the future of America. When people lose their sense of optimism, things tend to get more volatile. The future I most fear for America is Latin American: a grossly unequal society that is prone to wild swings from populism to orthodoxy, which makes sensible government increasingly hard to imagine.” You mentioned the Tea Party movement as one example.
What can be done to prevent the US from becoming like Latin America?
Spence: I don’t know how to get there politically. But I imagine there is still a non-ideological middle in America that is patriotic but not overly nationalistic. We were once a very pragmatic nation with the ability to compromise to move things forward.
If we believe what we say – that America is the land of opportunity for all and that is why people want to come here – then we need the policies that will make that actually true.
Many are worried about the stubbornly high US unemployment rate, but believe we will get back to normal after the recession is over. But going back to where we were is not realistic.
The emerging economies are going to be more than 50 percent of global GDP in the not-too-distant future. It is a changing world. We can’t afford to stand still and settle for endless political gridlock.
I think the US can change, but, to be honest, I just don’t see the political will at the moment.
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NC supreme court to hear lawsuit concerning Randleman Reservoir
(WGHP File Photo)
RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court this month will reportedly hear oral arguments in a lawsuit against the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority, which oversees the Randleman Regional Reservoir.
The High Point Enterprise reported the case will be heard on Oct. 16 at the Supreme Court building in Raleigh.
The lawsuit focuses on claims made years ago by property owners who argue the construction of the reservoir “infringed on their riparian rights” by obstructing the downstream water flow of the Deep River, the paper reports.
The plaintiffs are suing for damages as a result of the decreased water flow, which they say hampers hydroelectric power generation.
A local Superior Court judge ruled against the Water Authority three years ago, the Enterprise reports. The ruling was upheld last spring by the N.C. Court of Appeals, however the defendant requested a case review by the state Supreme Court.
The plaintiffs reportedly appear to be seeking several million dollars in damages.
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Shopping online is the safest place to be
Despite what you may have heard in the media, shopping online in South Africa is still the safest and best form of shopping you can do. This is because not only do you get more consumer protection than you would in real world, but also the supplier is liable if anything goes wrong with the payment system, something that does not happen in the real world. You can get better prices on the Internet, and you run less chance of being mugged on the way home!
Let's start at the beginning, as a consumer on the Internet, you receive certain consumer protections that you do not receive in the real world. So for example if you buy something from a shop in the real world, and you do not like it for some reason, if you wish to return it to the shop you are at the mercy of the shops returns policy, which they may or may not accept the good being returned. Very often what they will do is accept the return but give you a credit to purchase something else at the shop. Online it is a different story, and although there is a list of exceptions, other than these exceptions any good that you purchase online if you are unhappy for any reason at all you may return within seven days of receiving the good and the online store must refund you in full! In fact it goes even further, because if the online shop does not comply to the conditions set out in the ECT act, then you have 14 days in which you may return the good if you are not happy. And other than the cost of transporting the good, the online vendor may not charge you for the return of the good but must refund you in full.
Also, the online shop is obliged to make sure that you receive the goods or services you have ordered within 30 days, and if it fails to do so then you are entitled to demand a full refund of any payment you may have made. The act also quite emphatically states that the online vendor may not contract out of these rights, so if the online terms and conditions listed on the vendor's website contradict the rights I have mentioned, these rights will trump the website terms.
Secondly, unlike the real world, the online vendor must ensure that the payment system used is secure, and if it is not the online vendor is responsible for any loss that you may suffer, so in fact you are better off using your credit card on the Internet then you are in a restaurant. Should you suffer a loss as a result of your credit card being copied by a waiter for example, it would be very difficult to recover anything from the restaurant that you are at, whereas if you suffered a loss as a result of using your credit card on the Internet, the online vendor will have to refund you.
However there are a number of warnings. Firstly, South African law only applies to purchasing from a South African website where you are a South African consumer. So all of the consumer protection that I have mentioned only applies if you are purchasing from a South African website. Secondly, it is extremely important to check the website that you are purchasing from, to ensure that there is a legitimate company behind it. This means check to see that there are contact details for a physical address and company, make sure that there are contact details other than an e-mail, such as telephone and fax, so that if something goes wrong you can at least contact the vendor. Finally, it is important to keep your common sense about you, if an offer looks too good to be true it probably is, if a website requires you to send confidential financial information be very wary, and always feel free to contact the website, or perhaps telephonically before placing an order if you have any doubts.
13 Jun 2007
This article is intended to provide general guidance and does not constitute professional advice relating to specific instances. Should you wish to place any reliance on the information presented in this article we strongly advise that you consult your legal advisor or the Electronic Law Consultancy - firstname.lastname@example.org
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Historically, newspaper editors have been slow to embrace video, in part from a long-held print bias. Video editors have had to struggle for visibility on newspaper sites.
This beginning to change, notably with Gannett, which has prominently placed a big video player on the home page of many of its 80 papers and has interspersed video thumbnails on article pages.
Speaking in this excerpt from the Beet.TV webcast on video news creation and discovery is Blaise Zerega, CEO of Fora.tv, Ira Silberstein, SVP of Taboola, and Kate Walters, SVP for Video at Gannett Digital.
Walters explains (at 3:00 into the clip) how the implementation of the Taboola video recommendation engine has driven incremental video views of 10 percent month-to-month. She added that the prominent video player on the home pages of many of the group's papers has driven views by 700 percent on some sites.
Taboola sponsored the Webcast which was produced last month at the Livestream studios in New York City.
Posted on 11/04/2011 at 12:22 PM by Andy Plesser
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ISSUE NO. 2
APRIL - JUNE 2005
The Yaya Sisterhood
Sheila S. Coronel
By the World's Bedside
A Yearning for Rice
Candy Quimpo Gourlay
The One who Stayed
Trained to Care
Out of the (Balikbayan) Box
Photos by Luis Liwanag
Jose Torres Jr.
Men as Mothers
Alecks P. Pabico
Vinia M. Datinguinoo
Physicians of the People
Yvonne T. Chua
The Philippines is in the Heart
Susan F. Quimpo
My Arabian Nights
Jose Torres Jr.
Cecile C.A. Balgos
U R S I N G T H E W O R L D — THE
PHILIPPINES IS IN THE HEART
When did you first realize you were Filipino?
When I was in the 2nd grade, I had a white teacher who had been in the
Philippines for about five years because her husband was stationed in
the military. For International Week, she had us do the tinikling
(bamboo dance). I didn't even know how to dance the tinikling,
and how I learned was through this white teacher who asked help from
the school's PE teacher, who was also white! I was surprised, because
you know how your parents are supposed to be your teachers for life?
And yet they didn't teach me anything about the Philippines. I always
asked, but they never really explained. And then this white teacher
was teaching stuff about the Philippines — it was coming from a totally
unexpected source. That was odd.
I got to college, I worked in the Office of International Student Affairs.
We were holding a workshop for cultural ambassadors, and I was helping
with the workshop. The office director put me in a spot by having me
explain the Death March. I thought, "Oh great! Oh my gosh!" I only knew
so much about it. Something's wrong. All I knew was that it was tied
in with the Japanese, World War II, and I didn't know where it started
and how it began.
For me, I always, always thought I was Filipino, since forever, before
anything else. In my immediate family, we were always told, "You're
Filipino, don't be white." My white family (relatives), they are aIl
divorced, they are all messed up and addicted to drugs. So growing up,
the device for not becoming that would be "be Filipino." So when I realized
that I was different, it wasn't realizing that I was Filipino, but realizing
that I was half-white!
I was in elementary school, I would go over to my Filipino friend's
house and their parents would call me "mestizo" to my face. It came
to a point when I really hated that word for a long time, They'd say,
"This mestizo boy is eating pan de sal and adobo,"
But eating that was the most normal thing for me because that's what
we ate at my house! My friends' parents who were (more recent Filipino)
immigrants were mean to my mom because she was Fil-Am, and she can't
speak Tagalog. Of course my mom can't speak Tagalog or Ilokano, she
was born in Colorado! But the parents of my friends, who came after
1965, didn't understand that. So for me, I had to learn that I was part
white and I wasn't part of the post -1965 gang, who could speak Tagalog.
Suddenly, I had this realization that there were "other" kinds of Filipinos.
(In 1965, immigration policies allowed professionals trained abrad to
legally enter, work, and secure citizenship in the United States. A
record number of Filipno professionals migrated to the United States
during this period.)
when I went to Hawaii for college, it was totally different again. In
Hawaii, they didn't care if I was Filipino, they just saw that I was
brown, and that I looked like I was from Hawaii. So I wasn't Asian,
or Filipino, or mestizo or anything like that, I was just "local." So
I had to adapt to all that stuff, after having realized that there were
other Filipinos besides (my grandpa's) manong generation.
I guess it was the first day of kindergarten at the Jewish school in
New Jersey. And it wasn't just skin color either. I remember my Mom
dropped me off: She got me really excited; she built it (school) up
trying to get me ready for it. I didn't go to a preschool before that
so it was my first formal school. I was expecting school to be fun.
But when I got there, I was the only one who looked Asian, very Asian
— bucked teeth, black hair with bangs. My brother was in the same school
but he was older and I think was a little embarrassed by me.
Did you experience overt manifestations of racism or discrimination?
Yeah, I experienced discrimination, discrimination from other Filipinos.
I grew up in a neighborhood that had very few Filipinos so I was used
to hanging out with mostly whites. Then, when I moved to California,
the Filipinos there were critical — why was I with white friends? But
when I tried to hang out with Filipinos, they said I wasn't Filipino
enough. I couldn't speak Tagalog. (Ivy" parents are both Filipino.)
I was born in the Philippines and migrated when I was five. I grew up
speaking Tagalog at home. But I had difficulty relating to other Fil-Ams
because they'd look at me, and just because I spoke Tagalog, they expected
me to know more about the Philippines. But then I didn't.
There was certainly racism in the Jewish school I went to. In Judaism,
if you married a non-Jew, traditionally, he or she would have to convert
to Judaism because it was taboo to marry outside the religion. My mom
never did that and my Dad never expected her to. So every year the school
principal would call our house to ask my Dad, "So did your wife convert
yet?" And my Dad would say, "No and I'm not planning on it either."
And the principal would say, in a really nasty way, "So how much are
you donating to the (school) fund this year?" I didn't get financial
aid even if I was qualified for it.
remember that my brother Josef was barred from leading the morning prayers
in school. You see, all the boys were looking forward to their bar mitzvah
(a ceremony for admitting a Jewish boy as a member of the adult community,
usually at the age of 13). After your bar mitzvah, you were given the
honor to lead the morning prayers. It was a special chant, and Josef
was really good at it; everyone thought he had a nice voice. One day,
one of the teachers from the school, a Middle Eastern Jew, came to our
house to talk to my parents. He said that all the teachers and students
threatened to walk out of the morning prayers the following day if Josef
were to lead it. He said it was because Josef and I were just "converted"
Jews. We were the only converted Jews in the entire school. (Jewish
lineage is passed through one's mother, therefore Olivia and Josef had
to be "converted" because their mother never became Jewish.) The teacher
was sincerely apologetic and told my father he would support him if
he decided to fight the school. My Dad was very angry and wanted to
file a complaint. But my brother Josef didn't want to attract more attention,
so he told my father to let it go. But we all knew it was a big deal.
kids at the school were mostly cool, it was just the parents and teachers.
I remember one time, we were having a birthday party at home and this
kid came over. In my house we did not eat kosher food. So my mom prepared
paper plates because if you're Jewish, you're not supposed to eat off
plates that had been served non-kosher food on. One mom sent her kid
to our house with her own snacks, lunch and her own utensils. And the
mom said, "So we won't trouble you." She had attitude about it. Who
was she kidding? We're not stupid!
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In Florida, President Obama has nominated the first openly gay black man to sit on a federal district court. In New York, he has nominated the first Asian American lesbian. And his pick for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit? The first South Asian.
Reelected with strong support from women, ethnic minorities and gays, Obama is moving quickly to change the face of the federal judiciary by the end of his second term, setting the stage for another series of drawn-out confrontations with Republicans in Congress.
I predicted that Obama's first term would be fairly low key as this cautious man tried to win re-election by not scaring the white majority, but much would be different in the second term once he's safely home.
Of course, Obama isn't a big believer in diversity for his own staff -- where he wants the right man for the job -- just for the rest of us for the next several decades:
The diversity of Obama’s judicial nominees stands in contrast to staff selections at the start of his second term that have been dominated by white men, including White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, Secretary of State John F. Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.By contrast, 17 of the 35 pending judicial nominees are women, 15 are ethnic minorities and five are openly gay, according to White House statistics. Six are straight white men.
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No Maine family should have to choose between putting food on the table and paying for medicine. Yet it happens all of the time. Now, our Republican colleagues in the Legislature are putting forth a budget that will make those choices even harder for more Maine seniors and working families.
An editorial in the Bangor Daily News, which ran on May 14, entitled “DHHS Budget: Nearly there,” posed this question to readers: “Would you choose to reduce services for children with mental illnesses or cut funding for Head Start, which serves low-income children?” This is a false choice and completely misses the point that we do not have to make these cuts. In fact, the state now has a surplus of more than $50 million.
Our Republican colleagues are choosing to make cuts that will hurt our children, seniors and the disabled, while passing unfunded tax cuts. Democrats are responsibly relying on existing surpluses to cover the costs rather than make these unnecessary and harmful cuts.
Our budget plan is balanced and uses money we know we have in the bank to help cover the costs of the shortfall in the Maine Department of Health and Human Services budget. In these tough economic times, we don’t believe children and seniors should bear the brunt of these ideological cuts.
Instead, Democrats propose to find millions of dollars in savings by increasing the efficiency of health care. Right now, 5 percent of the population receiving health care through Maine’s Medicaid program, MaineCare, accounts for 55 percent of the cost. These are our most sick and vulnerable neighbors. Our plan proposes to lower costs by more efficiently and effectively caring for them.
Democrats also reduce millions of dollars in costs and save money by going after fraud. No one should be allowed to game the system, especially big insurance companies, unscrupulous providers and unethical individuals who are padding their pockets at the expense of hardworking families.
Make no mistake, the people who will suffer from this budget are seniors who will no longer have access to low-cost medicine or parents whose ability to work depends on access to low-cost child care. The true cost of cutting health care for tens of thousands of Maine people will fall squarely on middle-class families, who already pay through the nose in property taxes and private insurance policies.
Study after study shows that sick people who don’t have access to a family doctor seek care in Maine’s emergency rooms. With charity care at its highest, the hospitals can’t absorb the cost, and in turn, it is passed to private insurance holders. This cost shift will take more money out of the pockets of working people, who are already struggling to make ends meet.
Tuesday, Democrats will vote no to these harmful cuts and stand up for Maine people. We have a better plan, and we have your backs.
Rep. Emily Cain, D-Orono, and Sen. Barry Hobbins, D-Saco, serve as the Democratic leaders in the Maine House and Senate.
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Go for Cyclothon 2013
Go for the first-ever Sabarmati Cyclothon in the city this Sunday. More than 4,800 Amdavadis will participate in the Dream Ride (18 km), Half Century Race (50 km) and the full race (105 km). If you are not participating, you can go ahead be part of the cheering crowd encouraging riders along the routes. Even that's fun...
Cinema with difference
'Cinema of Resistance' will see its 2nd week with the theme of 'sexual identity' at Natarani from Jan 25-27. You can also be a part of the interaction session with renowned filmmakers. The festival highlights films and filmmakers who have centered their stories around substantive problems that our society faces.
Talk to children
Take some time off your busy schedule and talk to children. Hang out with them for a while and listen to their 'cute little stories'. This will help you take your mind off from your jam-packed mundane life. Also, try educating them with new things, you never know, you might just become their favourite teacher.
Volunteer for a cause
It would be a good idea to do try out your hand in some volunteering work this weekend. Enlightened souls have said that doing some selfless work brings a lot of satisfaction, inner peace to the individual and the joy of having given back to the society. This will also give you a new dimension in life.
Learn new words
You can improve your vocabulary by learning new words. It is said that everyday, a slew of new words are added in the dictionary, many of which are used in our everday language So this weekend, why not sit down with your webster or Oxford, and explore and flaunt your language.
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Tethering—connecting your mobile phone to some other device for broadband access—could become the next battlefront at the Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Division. That is, if the FCC listens to a new complaint from Free Press accusing Verizon of limiting consumer tethering choices on the company's LTE mobile phones.
The filing cites news reports (here and here) suggesting that, at Verizon's behest, Google is disabling Verizon customer access to third-party tethering applications on the Google Android Market app store.
Fierce Wireless recently cited a Google spokesperson explaining that the search engine giant wasn't blocking the app, just "making it unavailable for download" in response to requests from wireless carriers. Google wouldn't disclose which carriers had asked for action on this front. Verizon is being coy with reporters on the issue, suggesting that Google is responsible for what is on the Android app market.
As for Free Press, the advocacy group seems pretty sure about what's going on, and wants the FCC to launch an investigation.
"Plainly, Verizon's actions in disabling access to the tethering applications limit and restrict the ability of users to access those applications," the complaint claims. "Because users download tethering applications for the express purpose of connecting additional devices to their data connections, Verizon's actions also limit and restrict the ability of users to connect the devices of their choice to the LTE network. The Commission should immediately investigate this apparent violation of its rules and assess all appropriate penalties."
We asked Verizon for a comment on the complaint, and got a similar "see Google" response.
"It’s important to remember, Google manages what’s available in the Android Market," a Verizon spokesperson told us, "(As we work with developers on distribution in V CAST Apps). Verizon has spent the past few years paving the way for third parties to bring devices and applications to our network under the C-block rules through our Open Development and other programs."
Applications of their choice
The issue here is that there are various free or low cost tethering apps, downloadable on Android devices (and not requiring root status)—as opposed to the carrier-supported tethering services that run as high as $30 a month. A quick look on my Verizon networked Droid X shows several potential tethering downloads, but putting the kibosh on these inexpensive apps would obviously extract more money from consumer pockets.
That "applications of their choice" phrase is key to the Free Press complaint. Other carriers block tethering apps, but when Verizon bid and ultimately purchased massive amounts of spectrum in the 700MHz "C Block" auction back in 2008 in order to offer 4G services, the company promised to adhere to the Commission's "Open Access" rules. Based on the Commission's 1968 Carterfone decision, those rules forbade carriers from trying to "deny, limit, or restrict the ability of their customers to use the devices and applications of their choice."
This third-party tethering restriction move appears to be a violation of that pledge, Free Press contends.
"Removing the applications from the Android Market curtails, restrains, and interferes with the ability of subscribers to use the applications of their choice by making it more difficult to download and install those applications," the reform group writes:
Even if the process of downloading applications outside the market were relatively simple, Verizon clearly decided to impose limitations on access to these applications in an effort to deter consumers from using them. It makes perfect sense for Verizon to do so because these tethering applications compete with Verizon’s own tethering service. But it was for this precise reason that the Commission adopted the C Block Rules. The Commission specifically recognized that blocking applications that "compete with wireless service providers' own offerings" harms users and innovators. In sum, Verizon plainly violates the C Block rules when it seeks deliberately to limit user choice in the market for mobile applications.
"If the Commission’s openness rules are to have any meaning," the filing concludes, "the FCC must act quickly to investigate Verizon’s indiscriminate and arbitrary blocking of tethering applications."
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European Commission provides €5.2 million to support implementation of the WHO FCTC globally
The European Commission has decided to provide €5.2 million to support low- and middle-income countries in their tobacco-control efforts through effective implementation of the WHO FCTC. The funding will help the Convention Secretariat to scale up work already undertaken on joint needs assessments, capacity building and enhancement of international cooperation, in line with the provisions of the Convention and decisions of the Conference of the Parties.
The work planned under the grant will assist Parties in fully meeting their obligations under the Convention and better integrating tobacco-control policies into their national health and development strategies and programmes. It will also contribute to implementation of the commitments made in the Political Declaration of the UN General Assembly high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) of September 2011, which urged an accelerated implementation of the WHO FCTC given its important role in global action against the growing burden of NCDs.
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I coat the stands and the outside of the hive/super body with copper naphthelate (NEVER the inside) before I paint them because the heat, humidity, and the amount of rain we get would reduce them to rot in a pretty short period of time. I've accidentally left an empty cedar super outside and it didn't take any time at all to develop a mold/mildew issue... it definitely looked like something I wouldn't want to eat off of either!
I ended up power sanding it (as clean as I could) before I put it back on the hives.
I personally would not use WOOD itself that is treated, as I don't feel the bees should come in contact with any treated area. If you're considering building items with treated wood, take a careful look at what it is treated with... (you can usually ask for an MSDS from the store/supplier.) If you're cutting, sanding, etc. with it then you're going to breathe and absorb it as well!
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February 16, 2009
Our nation's leaders
in government and in the private sector have made numerous errors as
they sought quick and simple solutions to daunting challenges. An news
article appeared in today's edition of the New York Times,
reports on plans of our military to enlist foreign nationals (aliens)
in our military. While this might help recruiters meet their quotas
of new enlistees, in my judgement, this decision is fraught with real
Let me, however, start out by saying that most people who want to immigrate
to the United States simply want to share the "American Dream."
Among those people were my mother who legally immigrated to the United
States several years before the onslaught of the Holocaust in Europe
which took the lives of 6 million Jews and a total of 13 million people
irrespective of their religious beliefs. Among those slaughtered were
many members of my mother's family, including her mother (my grandmother)
for whom I was named.
My dad's parents and many of his siblings also immigrated legally to
the United States shortly after the turn of the previous century.
Many of my friends' families were also the children of immigrants. My
concern is not that America permits aliens to immigrate to the United
States, my concern is that we have millions of illegal aliens currently
living in the United States whose identities, backgrounds, affiliations
and intentions are unknown and unknowable. Each day, thousands more
succeed in either running our nation's borders or entering the United
States through the inspection process and then, in one way or another
violate the terms of their admission.
Furthermore, I am concerned that even among the aliens who gain visas
to enter the United States for either temporary periods or for permanent
residence or enter the United States under the perilous Visa Waiver
Program, are those whose intentions are anything but benign and that
the State Department fails to adequately screen the bad players who
apply for visas. Often the pressure on the consular officers who adjudicate
applications for visas for the United States to approve the applications
to keep the lines and the applications moving, is no less severe than
is the pressure applied to the CBP (Customs and Border Protection) inspectors
to keep the lines of arriving aliens who seek to enter the United States
When you realize the magnitude of the challenge- each and every year,
more than one million aliens are granted resident aliens status and
even more aliens are provided with nonimmigrant ("temporary")
There have been many reports of naturalized citizens who parlayed their
newly acquired citizenship into positions of profound trust in our country
that enabled them to spy on the CIA, FBI and our military. Those positions
of trust also enabled such duplicitous individuals to gain jobs in companies
that were engaged in doing classified work for the military that had
national security implications.
Often aliens who seek to remain in the United States employ fraud schemes
to acquire resident alien status and even United States citizenship.
This tactic is employed in huge numbers by aliens simply seeking to
circumvent the immigration laws of the United States. There have been
numerous GAO reports concerning the frequency with which this ploy is
used by foreign nationals. A
summary of one such report can be found here.
(A marriage fraud is committed when two people agree to enter into a
marriage but to not live as husband and wife. The point to this arrangement
is for the United States citizen or resident alien, to receive a payment
of money or otherwise gain something of value if he (she) enters into
the marriage and then files an application with the United States government
to afford the alien spouse with resident alien status. The form that
is filed is the I-130 Petition.) This arrangement constitutes a criminal
conspiracy that enables the alien beneficiary to circumvent the immigration
laws of the United States and represents one of several such schemes
that are used by those aliens who wish to circumvent the immigration
I am quite familiar with the way that this plays out, because I was
not only a special agent of the former INS where we conducted investigations
into such suspected arranged marriages, but for a period of about one
year, from 1973 until 1974 I was assigned as an examiner to the unit
that conducted interviews to attempt to identify such fraud marriages.
Today those immigration officials are known as "adjudications officers.")
The story of Nada Nadim Prouty exemplifies such a situation. She was
a citizen of Lebanon who managed to enter the United States with a student
visa in 1988 and subsequently overstayed her authorized period of admission
into the United States. Her solution was to enter into a marriage fraud.
This plan worked for her. She was granted a green card that signified
that she had been given resident alien (lawful immigrant status). Green
card in hand she got a job as a waitress in her brother-in-law's restaurant
Several years later she filed an application for United States citizenship
and was naturalized. Now in possession of that newly minted naturalization
certificate and having much needed foreign language skills, she was
hired as an employee of the FBI. In fact, she was sworn in as an FBI
special agent! A couple of years later she left the FBI for a job at
the CIA. Both jobs being made possible by her having become a United
Ultimately it was determined that she had accessed databases on FBI
and CIA investigations into Hezbollah, a pernicious and sophisticated
terrorist organization. This is even more alarming when you realize
that her brother-in-law is now a fugitive, wanted for allegedly sending
millions of dollars to Hezbollah in Lebanon!
There was a news report of another naturalized citizen who managed to
parlay his naturalization certificate and fluency in Arabic and other
languages into a sensitive job with a subsidiary of Halliburton, Titan
Industries. His job was to serve as a contract employee translator at
a U.S. military base in Iraq. It was subsequently determined that he
had been spying on our military for none other than al-Qaeda!
I would love to
tell you his name, but the news reports indicated that he had used numerous
identities and even his true nationality had been unverifiable- but
he had been granted United States citizenship!
Additionally, speaking from my personal experience as a former INS special
agent, I can tell you that in the late 1970's, I assisted the NYPD and
the Office of Naval Intelligence (as it was then known) in a wide ranging
investigation of citizens of Panama, Jamaica and other Caribbean countries
who had lied about their immigration status to be eligible to enlist
in the U.S. Marine Corps and the Navy. In a number of instances, recruiters
knew about the lies that these enlistees committed on their applications,
but being under pressure to meet recruitment quotas, they became the
accomplices of these aliens.
All went along smoothly until a number of these individuals went AWOL.
It turned out that they had wanted to join the military to gain training
in weapons and tactics. They had chosen a career path that made good
use of this invaluable training- they stole high powered weapons and
trained in military tactics and strategy they committed violent bank
Hope is not a strategy! It is imperative that we not take the enlistment
of soldiers into the various branches of our military services lightly.
Enlistees are given training into weapons and tactics. They are given
the "play book" for our military. This is one of the ways
that the Zetas, the members of the Mexican military and law enforcement
who are challenging the powerful drug cartels for supremacy gained their
knowledge- we trained them when they claimed that they would assist
the United States in the interdiction of drugs flowing across our border
Additionally, members of the military are given access to military bases
and other secure strategic installations. The security badges and access
to facilities truly represent the "Keys to the Kingdom!"
It is certainly admirable that there are those whose commitment to the
United States is so great that they are volunteering to serve in our
military and go in harm's way for the security of our nation. My concern
is that with the ineptitude consistently demonstrated by State Department
in granting visas (all 19 terrorists who attacked our nation on 9/11
had been granted visas and entered the United States through the inspections
process) that the military must not presume that any alien who entered
the United States through a flawed program can be considered on face
value to be trustworthy!
This is yet another reason why immigration fraud must be effectively
addressed- yet I have yet to hear any member of Congress in either the
Senate or the House of Representatives even raise the issue of immigration
With all of the talk about an economic stimulus package, I would love
to hear that thousands of news special agents will be hired for ICE
(Immigration and Customs Enforcement) to create a system that possesses
real integrity. At present, there are only a relative handful of adjudications
officers and investigators who are attempting to create even an illusion
of integrity for that program.
The issue of a lack of integrity within the immigration bureaucracy
is nothing short of an integral part of national security and has been
a component of national security that has been all but ignored, even
as our nation attempts to secure itself against terrorist attacks nearly
seven and a half years after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Our nation can
do better than this- indeed, it must do better!
The large scale apathy demonstrated by citizens of this nation has emboldened
elected representatives to all but ignore the needs of the average American
citizen in a quest for massive campaign funds and the promises of votes
to be ostensibly delivered by special interest groups. There is much
that we cannot do but there is one thing that We the People absolutely
must do- we must stop sitting on the sidelines!
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failure of We the People to get involved in make our concerns known
to our politicians have nearly made the concerns of the great majority
of the citizens of this nation all but irrelevant to the politicians.
W. Cutler graduated from Brooklyn College of the City University of New
York in 1971 with a B.A. in Communications Arts and Sciences. Mr. Cutler
began working for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in
October 1971 when he entered on duty as an Immigration Inspector assigned
to John F. Kennedy International Airport. In August 1975 he became a Criminal
Investigator (Special Agent) for the INS at NYC.
He rotated through
virtually every squad in the Investigations Branch. From 1988 until 1991
he was assigned as the INS representative to the Unified Intelligence
Division (UID) of the DEA in New York. In 1991 he was promoted to the
position of Senior Special Agent and was assigned to the Organized Crime,
Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) which required that he work with
members of other law enforcement agencies including the FBI, DEA, ATF,
U.S. Customs and local and state police as well as law enforcement organizations
of other countries including Israel, Canada, Great Britain and Japan,
to conduct investigations of aliens involved in major drug trafficking
organizations. He retired from the INS in February 2002, after a career
that spanned some 30 years.
Cutler has appeared on numerous television and radio programs including
Lou Dobbs, Fox News, MSNBC and many other television and radio news-oriented
programs to discuss the enforcement of immigration laws.
would love to tell you his name, but the news reports indicated that he
had used numerous identities and even his true nationality had been unverifiable-
but he had been granted United States citizenship!
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Editor's Note: Thanks to the Patch user who submitted this piece. Click here for detailed instructions on posting announcements on Patch.
Heather McArdle, Mahopac High School science teacher, has been selected as one of 10 semifinalists nationwide
for the Shell Science Teaching Award to be presented at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) conference in April.
The $10,000 award, through a partnership between NSTA and the Shell Oil Company, recognizes “an outstanding classroom teacher who has had a positive impact on his or her students, school and the community through
exemplary science teaching.”
In 2010, Ms. McArdle received a $1,500 NSTA award for
excellence in inquiry-based science teaching. She was the only high school
teacher in the country to be so recognized. She also received the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award for their Eastern Section and New York State.
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And Trypho answered, “The Scripture has not, Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, but, Behold, the young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and so on, as you quoted. But the whole prophecy refers to Hezekiah, and it is proved that it was fulfilled in him, according to the terms of this prophecy. Moreover, in the fables of those who are called Greeks, it is written that Perseus was begotten of Danae, who was a virgin; he who was called among them Zeus having descended on her in the form of a golden shower. And you ought to feel ashamed when you make assertions similar to theirs, and rather [should] say that this Jesus was born man of men. And if you prove from the Scriptures that He is the Christ, and that on account of having led a life conformed to the law, and perfect, He deserved the honour of being elected to be Christ, [it is well]; but do not venture to tell monstrous phenomena, lest you be convicted of talking foolishly like the Greeks.”
Then I said to this, “Trypho, I wish to persuade you, and all men in short, of this, that even though you talk worse things in ridicule and in jest, you will not move me from my fixed design; but I shall always adduce from the words which you think can be brought forward [by you] as proof [of your own views], the demonstration of what I have stated along with the testimony of the Scriptures. You are not, however, acting fairly or truthfully in attempting to undo those things in which there has been constantly agreement between us; namely, that certain commands were instituted by Moses on account of the hardness of your peoples hearts. For you said that, by reason of His living conformably to law, He was elected and became Christ, if indeed He were proved to be so.”
And Trypho said, “You admitted 2202 to us that He was both circumcised, and observed the other legal ceremonies ordained by Moses.”
And I replied, “I have admitted it, and do admit it: yet I have admitted that He endured all these not as if He were justified by them, but completing the dispensation which His Father, the Maker of all things, and Lord and God, wished Him [to complete]. For I admit that He endured crucifixion and death, and the incarnation, and the suffering of as many afflictions as your nation put upon Him. But since again you dissent from that to which you but lately assented, Trypho, answer me: Are those righteous patriarchs who lived before Moses, who observed none of those [ordinances] which, the Scripture shows, received the commencement of [their] institution from Moses, saved, [and have they attained to] the inheritance of the blessed?”
p. 232 And Trypho said, “The Scriptures compel me to admit it.”
“Likewise I again ask you,” said I, “did God enjoin your fathers to present the offerings and sacrifices because He had need of them, or because of the hardness of their hearts and tendency to idolatry?”
“The latter,” said he, “the Scriptures in like manner compel us to admit.”
“Likewise,” said I, “did not the Scriptures predict that God promised to dispense a new covenant besides that which [was dispensed] in the mountain Horeb?”
This, too, he replied, had been predicted.
Then I said again, “Was not the old covenant laid on your fathers with fear and trembling, so that they could not give ear to God?”
He admitted it.
“What then?” said I: “God promised that there would be another covenant, not like that old one, and said that it would be laid on them without fear, and trembling, and lightnings, and that it would be such as to show what kind of commands and deeds God knows to be eternal and suited to every nation, and what commandments He has given, suiting them to the hardness of your peoples hearts, as He exclaims also by the prophets.”
“To this also,” said he, “those who are lovers of truth and not lovers of strife must assuredly assent.”
Then I replied, “I know not how you speak of persons very fond of strife, [since] you yourself oftentimes were plainly acting in this very manner, frequently contradicting what you had agreed to.”
We have not seen that Justin admitted this; but it is not to be supposed that the passage where he did admit it has been lost, as Perionius suspected; for sometimes Justin refers to passages at other places, which he did not relate in their own place. —Maranus.
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Greetings from North Idaho. Long time reader who decided I should start sharing here. I have been starting milkweed seedlings mid winter for the past two years. This year I have just potted up 250 plants in the last week. Haven't tried all of the species you mention, but have had great success with showy mw (A. speciosa) and swamp mw (A. incarnata), both natives here in Idaho, and a then few Eastern Purples (A. purpurascens) for my garden. Showy is much like common, so would think that propagation would be simmilar. I use a damp paper towel now, as I got tired of having to sort through the sand to find sprouting seeds. They always seem to get burried where I can't see them at a glance. I have found that I get 95% germination of showy seeds with only 2 weeks of stratification and about 60% with Swamp. That bumps up to 85% after 3 weeks for swamp, so really, not as long as the literature says. I place the seeds between two layers of damp paper towel that is squeezed out, place them inside a ziplock laying flat on a fridge rack for 2 or 3 weeks. Somewhere in there I put them outside for a few hours to freeze. As soon as the paper towels freeze stiff, I put them back in the fridge to thaw slowly. If you place them in your freezer in stead, don't let them stay too long. Your freezer is much colder, so 20 to 30 mins. is enough. I found that i killed many of the seeds by leaving them overnight in my freezer. Just a quick freeze is all i do, and even that may not be needed, but why change it if it works.
After 2 or 3 wks I then pull the bags out and set them at room temp (top of fridge, counter top, wherever it's about 70f. Begin checking at about 10 days. I pull the seeds that have a root started about (1/4 inch), and plant them individually in 5"deep plug trays. You could use larger pots if you want. The seedling roots grow [url]very fast[/url], straight down, so bigger is better (they will be growing out the bottoms of my 5" plugs in 2 wks). Keep checking every two days, and pot up any that have sprouted. If you let them go too long, the roots grow through the paper towel, and they are hard to get out without dammage, then you get the rot. I get basically no rotting by checking often. Some species have a longer germination spread than others (mostly 10 to 20 days), but even the seeds that are unsprouted after 20 days will eventually germinate if they are potted up and kept moist. I simply use tweezers to poke a 1/3 to half " deep hole in the potting soil and slip the exposed root straight down while leaving the seed just below the surface of soil. Firm it in from the sides, not the top. Put a few more seeds than you will use in the bags and you will have plenty of sprouts to pot up 4 to 6 weeks later. I did find the Eastern Purples had closer to 50% Germ with 4 weeks strat., and they sprouted over a much longer time, so species are definetely different, but I really prefer to just check the paper towels for germinating seeds often, as opposed to the sand. When started this early, they plant out very well in May, and are well established before the summer dry period. I am naturalizing these, so no summer watering. I do the same with A. curasavica, but skip the stratification. They sprout in 8 to 16 days for the majority.
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National Guard Should Get More NYS Money
By Zachary Stieber On January 6, 2013 @ 9:26 pm In New York City | No Comments
NEW YORK—A pair of commissions tasked by Gov. Andrew Cuomo with learning from what went wrong during Hurricane Sandy have recommended bolstering the National Guard, and Cuomo said he would support allotting state funding for it.
“The National Guard was probably our prime asset in response everywhere,” said Cuomo on Thursday during a meeting with the commissions’ co-chairs to discuss preliminary recommendations on how the state could be better prepared for future natural disasters.
About 10,000 part-time guardsmen are stationed in New York. The federal government provided $865 million for the New York Army and Air National Guard in 2010 while New York state spent $38 million, according to a state report.
Our recommendation is to make them more applicable in these disasters because “they can do a lot of things for you,” like quickly getting power up and running, said Adm. Thad Allen, co-chair of the NYS Respond Commission.
More than 2 million people lost power from the hurricane, and the storm forced 400,000 people to evacuate while damaging or destroying thousands of houses. Months later, the rebuilding continues.
Allen also recommended taking “a real thoughtful look” at stockpiling supplies, and working with experts in the private sector, such as electricians and transportation professionals.
Cuomo said he favored forming a list of people in the private sector who could be reached in future emergencies. Various areas across the state suffered in the storm’s aftermath from a lack of qualified electricians and other tradespeople.
“We were literally, ‘Who knows electricians, and where’s the association of electricians, and how do you find them when the power is down so they’re not answering the phone?’” said Cuomo.
Cuomo said stockpiling is critically important, because “it’s hard to find 10,000 generators on a Wednesday.”
“During Sandy we were begging for electricians who could help hook up generators once we found them, to get the gas out of the tanks in the gasoline stations,” he said. “It’s shocking how quickly chaos can set in,” he added.
Problems caused by a several-day break in the state’s delivery routes were compounded during the storm’s aftermath by gas stations in some areas being unable to pump gas without power. The commission recommended requiring gas stations in vulnerable areas to have an adequate backup power supply.
Cuomo intends to discuss the costly backup generators in his upcoming State of the State address on Jan. 9. “Other states do it, by the way,” said Cuomo. “There are other states that mandate backup generators in certain stations in certain parts of the state.”
Some of the other recommendations from the commission involve upgrading building codes and beefing up backup systems at key places such as hospitals.
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So many of us have gotten into the routine of absentmindedly washing our faces each morning and night, but are we really taking into consideration a few tiny tricks that can make all the difference in a more effective wash? As model Angela Lindvall said, one major component of a deep and effective cleanse is including some type of massage. It's important to stimulate your lymph system to get much needed oxygen and blood circulating in your face. Also, be sure that you are using the correct cleanser for your skin type and please try to avoid bar soaps at all costs — they can really dry out your skin.
The goal of face washing is to unclog pores and to dissolve dirt, makeup and remove excess oils. You may not realize that this is also a great opportunity to slough off dead skin cells by exfoliating.
Lastly, have you considered the route you take? Begin washing your face starting at your forehead and work your way to your nose, then outwards to your cheeks and eventually down to your face and neck. A proper face wash is a really simple way to maintain the health of your skin.
To read my easy four-step process and tips on how to wash your face, read more
- STEP 1: Begin by washing your hands. (You don't want all of the grease, grime and germs from your hands on your face, do you?) And, if you have on any eye makeup, remove it before you begin to cleanse.
- STEP 2: Wet your face completely with tepid water. Anything too hot will shock the skin and could even burst capillaries, resulting in those sensitive red marks usually found around the nose and cheeks. Next, squeeze a dime-sized amount of cleanser onto your fingertips and rub them together. Use your fingertips to massage the cleanser into your skin (anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute) in small and gentle circular motions.
- STEP 3: One of the best ways to ensure that dirt and makeup are removed is by using a muslin cloth when you rinse. In addition, if you gently scrub in small circles, the cloth also acts as a light exfoliant! Also, don't forget to rinse your hairline, your neck and the nooks on either side of your nose.
- STEP 4: Finish by splashing your face two to three times with cool water (not freezing cold—again, you don't want to shock your face) to close your pores and then pat your skin dry with a clean towel.
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|Far Far From Home- a tiny little bug!|
I’ve been quiet on the blog front because I’ve been using what beloved NZ writer for children and teens Fleur Beale calls ‘bum glue’. This is what you need as a freelancer to keep you stuck at your desk until the job is done. And the job in question has been illustrations for a new picture book by Elizabeth Pulford, called ‘Far, Far from Home’published by Scholastic. It’s a delightful story about a very tired little bug trying to get home to his family. And the glue worked- I’ve finished the body of the book (just the cover to go).
For this project I’ve tried a new approach- one I learned largely from my time as a costume illustrator on The Hobbit movie. I have drawn the line work with pencil on tracing paper. It gives a nice quality to the sketches I’ve found, then scanned them and imported them into Photoshop. Then I created textures using paper and paint and scanned them in too- plus a few nice handmade papers I found at Gordon Harris my favourite art supply store. The next step was to digitally clip the textures into the sketches. This takes much time using many layers. Think of it as collage, but on screen. Instead of cutting out bits of paper, you cut out bits of scanned paper and ‘glue’ them down with pixels. Digital illustration is no faster than traditional ‘hard’ media (unless you are using oil paint which takes some time to dry!) But it’s so much fun and allows for lots of depth and luminosity that I knew I couldn’t achieve in wet media (paint). Plus if you don’t like where you put a tree- you can move it!
In my next post I’ll tell you how I created the character for the little bug. Those who follow me on facebook, you’ll have seen a little of this process. But this time I’ll show my early working drawings as well.
The illustrations are now with Vida Kelly the book designer who gave me invaluable art direction. Once again, as with The Red Poppy, I have had the fabulous experience of working closely with the designer to create something really gorgeous.The pic I've posted here is just little taster of the book to come, but to see the whole thing...well...you'll just have to go to a bookshop when it's out!
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A while back we played lemon-lime checkers and we liked it so much that I had to make a more portable version with pieces that didn't have a shelf date.
So, This time I made a double sided game board. One side is a quilted checkerboard while the other has a pocket to hold the wooden game pieces and a tic-tac-toe game board.
The pieces themselves are solid colors on one side and have x's and o's on the other...
... perfect for soaking up those last moments of summer...
... along with an ice cold lavender limeade.
Cloth Tic-Tac-Toe and Checkers Game Board:
- 1/2 yard scrap fabric (at least two different colors
- wooden discs (available at most craft stores, or you could use buttons or bottle caps
- ribbon (for tying the board closed
- permanent markers
Rip your fabric in strips that are 1/4" larger than your desired checker square on all sides. Then, sew those strips together alternating colors. Once you have them all sewn together, cut strips perpendicular to the stripes to make your checkers. Then rearrange these pieces so that they form a checkerboard pattern (you'll have to shift the strips a bit to the left and right each time to do this) and trim off any excess. Sew these strips together to make your square.
Once you have your square back it with a solid colored piece of fabric, and then sew a pocket (I just used some of the left over strips I sewed in the first step) by laying a piece of finished fabric over the bottom third of the solid fabric side and top-stitching three of the sides.
For the game pieces, simply paint or draw on them to make the colors or x's and o's. Using a permanent marker, draw a tic-tac-toe grid on the solid fabric side (if you're worried about it bleeding through, you can do this before sewing it on).
Then, grab a few fresh limes and put 1/2 lime into each cup and mull it with a little lavender, sugar (to taste) and water using the end of a wooden spoon. Add more water and ice and serve with blueberry fruit skewers... or my all time favorite summer treat, a bowl of frozen blueberries!
Happy Summer Days!
*Last time in Crafts and Activities: Soaking in the Season
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Another important feature to a good natural skin care line is that it should be free of alcohol content as well as be fragrance and pesticide free. The natural skin care line may also consist of natural facial cleansers, scrubs for the face, toners used on the face, face moisturizers that are very delicate as well as organic herbal face streams. The natural skin care line will help offer some relief to dry skin, or for other sensitive, irritation or allergy prone maladies.
With the help of a natural skin care line, it is possible to cleanse, soften up as well as nourish the skin while also exfoliating it to get pure skin feel and texture. There are products for just about everything concerned with natural skin care such as face, skin, hair, hands and feet, massage and spa. There is, for example, body butter, which is a rich and thick as well as whipped emollient butter that nourishes, softens and enriches the skin. Then there is the honey body lotion which is a smooth and soft lotion that has been formulated to be light and easily absorbed by the skin.
Cleaning away dead skin is possible by using organic sugar cane polish. This polish contains naturally occurring Alpha Hydroxy Acids that are found in pure cane sugar. In addition, it has organic Jojoba and other emollients that help to keep your skin feeling smooth. Using it will give the user an enriching and wonderfully purifying experience.
There is also the Dead Sea Mud, which is also known as black mud, and this is rich in minerals and has been used for centuries to impart cosmetic and healthy benefits such as the nourishment it gives and its re-mineralizing and overall matching effects.
Besides the Dead Sea Mud, one can exfoliate easily and quickly while showering by using Castile Gel which has been blended with organic Jojoba, apricot kernel shell, pure essential oils as well as pumice to give a softening and aromatic showering experience. Castile Gel is ideal for those wishing to avoid both soaping and exfoliating as this is achieved in one step by use of the Castile Gel, and is different to the effects of using sugar or salt scrubs.
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What else can I do? Although I have devoted half a dozen columns to readers' ideas on saving, you keep sending them, and they are too good to pass up.
They also will inspire many of you to start or keep saving.
Here are a few:
"The key to financial freedom was living on one salary and never changing that outlook, ever, no matter the temptation," said Rita Stanley of Portland, Ore.
When Rita married her husband, James, in 1979, they both worked full-time in Houston and used their combined salaries to pay for living expenses.
"We did not make a lot, believe me," she said. "We saved, of course; I have always saved even while a `poor' student, but we enjoyed life and never felt poor. We made our own decorations for our first Christmas and I remember that fondly. We accepted no money from relatives nor did we ever ask."
What changed their life was a move to California, where James had gotten a better job. It took a month for Rita to find work, and six months to sell their house in Houston.
"So we rented a nice place in California at what we could afford on one salary only, of course," Rita said. "Even when I got a job, we continued living using one salary only. And once we sold the house in Houston, we saved the money we were spending for upkeep of that house."
Since then, the Stanleys have never deviated from that plan -- living on James' salary, even saving some of it, and saving and investing everything Rita has earned. After another move and job change, they were able to buy their current home for $100,000-plus in cash in 1984.
And although Rita has not worked full time since becoming pregnant that year, and does not work for pay now, they also have managed to put away $70,000 for their two children's college education.
"Although times were tight in the beginning, we are now on `easy street' with only one person working," she said.
"By the way, we started saving for our kids' education when they were born. I could only save $5 from each paycheck, but I did. My mom also gave the kids E-bonds for each birthday and Christmas. ... My kids see what we did; I have shown them our finances. They want to graduate from college with no debt, and I am sure they will."
Today, "We continue to save and have no debt at all. My husband is an engineer and makes a reasonable salary, but not the big salary you might think. I am free to do volunteer work and may go back and do part-time work at some point."
Bottom line: "The major trick I wanted to share was living on one salary only, doing it from the get go [the years make the money grow] and sticking to it no matter what the temptation," Rita said.
J.C., another reader from Oregon who asked me not to give out his full name, shares an unusual but effective approach to savings.
Forty years ago, J.C. and his wife received a windfall of $1,000. Rather than splurge, they used it to buy 40 certificates of deposit at $25 each, maturing at different times.
"The people at our savings and loan thought we were a bit daft, but they cooperated anyway," he said. As the certificates became due, the couple would typically roll them over, sometimes adding a little extra money.
"Over the years those certificates have grown into sizable funds," J.C. said. "Occasionally we would cash one for something very special, but usually we just rolled them over and watched them grow. The result was, and is, that we have a very strong, positive cash flow that is pretty recession-proof."
In the investment world, such a strategy of having fixed-income investments mature at different times now goes by the name of "laddering." The idea is to avoid the risk of having to reinvest all your money when interest rates are at their lowest, while also having a steady stream of income coming in.
"We had been doing it for years before it became popular," J.C. said.
I don't know that many banks will let you open a certificate of deposit with just $25 today, but you can always ask. Even if you have to come up with more -- $1,000 should be able to swing it for a CD -- you can start building a "laddering portfolio" or fixed-income investments little by little with your savings, and eventually watch it grow.
Another reader, Rosalie Truman, said she started building her savings with coupons and pennies.
"If I used $1.50 worth of coupons, I immediately wrote a check to myself for $1.50," she said.
"That check was then deposited into a savings account. When the savings account grew to a big enough amount, I bought a certificate of deposit. Any pennies I had were also saved and deposited into the savings account. It was slow at first, but grew beyond my wildest imagination."
That was the beginning and the inspiration. Truman, once a young widow with five children, had the discipline and the resolve to faithfully put away 8 percent of her salary into a company retirement plan, while also saving 20 percent of her take-home pay.
In addition, when her house and car were paid off, she also saved the money that would have gone into the monthly payments.
"I am very proud of this because we all six [she and her five children] have earned college degrees, and I retired at the age of 62 with a total net worth in the seven figures," Truman said.
So my question to readers is, what's preventing you from doing the same?
Humberto Cruz can be reached at AskHumberto@aol.com or c/o Tribune Media Services, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1500, Chicago IL 60611. Personal replies are not possible. Look for other columns by Humberto Cruz in Sunday's Health and Family and Wednesday's Business sections.
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The Pluralist Party is one of Great Britain’s youngest political parties, at the forefront of the co-operative and social change movements.
We are different from other parties in that out members don’t support us – we support our members. Our members consist only of those who are elected or standing for election. This makes it easier to avoid conflicts of interest between the party members and the public.
Our party leader, which at the moment is Jonathan Bishop (also known in public life as Dzon), is not the same as leaders in other parties, as it is purely a managerial role. When we stand in an election there is no group or national leader and no party-approved manifesto in the traditional sense – until after the election. The group leader for each authority is only chosen from among those Pluralists who get elected after they get elected – in other words the people pick the leader by limiting who they elect.
Each of our candidates stand on their own manifesto and then the party’s agenda for government comes out of win-win bargaining that takes the best bits from the manifestos of those who were elected – in other words it is the people who decide our policies through voting for the candidates we field. Unlike most other parties, we don’t mind supporting more candidates than there are positions as it should be for the people to have the final say who they vote for and not a political party.
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Lower Frederick Police Chief Paul Maxey said he is seeing heroin use finding its way into high schools and colleges in the area.
“We’re seeing it across the board,” he said. “It’s very trendy.”
While law enforcement is doing everything they can to knock out trafficking of heroin and its opiate cousins, Maxey said the staff of schools need to stay vigilant and identify possible problems in students.
Although he said he’s not seen any students specifically dealing with a heroin problem, Spring-Ford Area High School Principal Pat Nugent said his staff is “prepared for anything.”
“We have programs for kids. We have assemblies so it might deal with alcohol or more serious drugs,” Nugent said. “We’ve had evening programs for parents … you go along, you educate the staff as best you can.”
Among the actual classroom teachers, Nugent encourages them to “look for (warning) signs” in students.
“I think that’s just the innate ability of a teacher,” Nugent said. “I think the teachers are pretty in tune. They (may not) know necessarily what it is but they say, ‘This student is having some trouble.’”
If a problem were to develop, Nugent said the school has crisis counselors ready and that nurses are “kept up to speed,” on what to do if they were to encounter something like a student with a heroin addiction.
Additionally, the high school makes sure to keep its ear to the ground for what it could possibly be facing in the future.
“Our school police officer attends monthly meetings that kind of reviews what’s happening out on the streets,” Nugent said.
Beside the help from the schools, Maxey said the biggest line of defense again addiction is still at home.
“Parents need to keep tabs on their kids,” he said. “You have to talk to your kids.”
Follow Frank Otto on Twitter @fottojourno.
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Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul documents the beloved singing star's rocky personal life and internationally acclaimed show business career. An in-depth and frank examination of Aretha, this definitive biography traces her career from her beginnings as a 12-year-old member of a church choir in the early 1950s, recording her first album at the age of 14, a major recording contract at 18, and stardom in her 20s, right up through her headline-grabbing 2010 health scare, to her triumphant return: singing to her cheering Detroit hometown fans in summer 2011.
This New York Times best-selling author's detailed research includes interviews with the most important people in Aretha's life, including record producers Jerry Wexler, Clyde Otis, and Clive Davis; her first husband; several of Franklin's singing star contemporaries; and a rare one-on-one session with Aretha herself.
Bego's portrayal of the singing sensation is done with clarity and neutrality. A no-holds-barred look at her roller-coaster life, it takes her from two teenage pregnancies and an abusive first marriage, to drinking problems, battles with her weight, the murder of her father, and tabloid wars. This critically acclaimed, freshly updated biography will give readers a clear understanding of what makes Aretha Franklin the "Queen of Soul."
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Did you get what you paid for? Consumer Bob finds out.
Many of the olive oils sold in California do not meet basic standards for extra virgin oil, according to a study by UC Davis.
In fact, nearly 70 percent of imported olive oil did not meet internationally accepted standards for extra virgin oil, according to the study. Ten percent of California manufactured oils also failed the test.
One of the biggest offenses is mixing the oil. Top quality olive oil can be expensive.
“If you cut it with a cheaper canola oil or hazelnut oil you can sell it for cheaper and you make better profits,” said Thom Curry from the Temecula Olive Oil Company. “The cheaper the olive oil, generally, the more chance you have of product that might not be 100 percent olive oil.”
Curry is one of the California growers trying to resurrect our olive oil industry.
Experts say you'll have a much better chance of getting quality extra virgin olive oil from local growers, than taking your chance from oils coming in from around the world.
“There's huge differences in quality, there's huge differences in flavor depending on variety, when you pick it, how you pick it, how you process it,” said Curry.
Curry hopes to see a renaissance in locally produced olive oil giving consumers the chance to actually see where their oil is coming from.
If you're looking for a good dipping oil, look to see where the olives were grown and when the oil was made. Not the expiration date -- but the pressing date.
Don't buy oil in clear bottles as light can age the oil and if the oil is too cheap, check to see if it is a blend with other oils or be a bit skeptical.
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It’s the end of an era for one Rhode Island general store. After 224 years of serving customers and being designated the oldest, continuous operating general store in America, Gray’s Store in Adamsville village in Little Compton, Rhode Island is closing its doors for good.
Although once prized for its marble soda fountain, cigar and tobacco cases, and Rhode Island Johnny cakes, keeping the store open no longer makes economic sense for young owner, Jonah Waite. Waite, 21, inherited the store only last month after his father died of cancer at the age of 59. The store opened in 1788 and had been in the Waite family for seven generations, since 1879, but apparently was no longer self-sustaining and had lost many customers to a supermarket down the street.
Waite explained, “Obviously, I understand the historical aspect of it, and I would really love to keep it the way it is, but it doesn’t seem to me that that’s the most feasible option. With the economy … the place has lost its attraction, lost its luster.”
The building is not only a store but also comprises the Waite’s family home. Jonah Waite, who will begin his senior year this Fall at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, has dreams of a career in sports journalism and is unsure if he will keep the property or try to sell it. He admitted that coping with his father’s death and handling the store has been a challenge yet he feels confident his father would support his decisions. According to Waite, his father planned to sell the property to pay for medical bills and to retire. “He’s trusting that I’ll do the right thing and what’s best for me,” Waite said.
In the general store’s final days, old and new patrons are stopping by for a bit of nostalgia and to make their last purchases of Gray’s penny candy, groceries, antiques, and collectibles.
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Friday, August 12, 2011
50 Women Game-Changers in Food - #10 Hannah Glasse and Mrs. Beeton - Excellent Rolls and Shrewsbury Cakes
Hannah Glasse - Shrewsbury Cakes
Mrs. Beeton - Excellent Rolls
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...This week, those of us who are working our way through the Gourmet Live list of the 50 Women Game-Changers in Food, had our most difficult challenge to date. Hannah Glasse and Mrs. Beeton, both of whom wrote popular cookbooks in 18th and 19th century England, share the spotlight. You'll better understand the difficulty the group faced as you read through the recipes here, and on the sites of the other participants. The exercise was really interesting, though not one I'd choose to repeat. Both these women deserve a spot on the Gourmet list for their efforts in developing recipes for homemakers in the burgeoning ranks of the Georgian and Victorian middle-classes. It would not be an over-statement to consider them to be the Martha Stewart of their respective times. Their historical importance, especially in Britain, can't be denied, but I do question their positional placement on the list here in the United States. As you might suspect, the recipes are archaic and don't work really well in today's kitchens. It is fascinating to browse through books like this, but they can be frustrating to work with. I'm including a bit of information about each woman and the recipes I used to produce the food in today's pictures. You should know that the Beeton recipe does not work as it is written. It took some colorful language and additional liquid to make the dough for her rolls. Both recipes are curiosities. If you have patience and like to step outside your comfort zone, you might enjoy giving them a try. I, however, promise nothing.
Hannah Glasse and Shrewsbury Cakes...courtesy of Celtnet Recipes
Hannah Glasse wrote The Art Of Cookery in 1794 to support herself after her marriage to a ne'er-do-well fell apart. It was one of the first simple recipe books for British homemakers and it was wildly successful. Unfortunately, the woman who was once described as queen of the dinner party, lost her fortune and spent the later years of her life in a debtor's prision. I've chosen to represent her work with her recipe for Shrewsbury Cakes. The cakes, as you can see, are actually cookies.
Take two pounds of flour, a pound of ſugar finely ſearced, mix them together (take out a quarter of a pound to roll them in) take four eggs beat, four ſpoonfuls of cream, and two ſpoonfuls of roſe-water, beat them well together, and mix them with the flour into a paſte, roll them into thin cakes, and bake them in a quick oven.
Ingredients: 900g plain flour 450g powdered sugar 4 eggs, beaten 4 tbsp cream 2 tbsp rose water.
Method: Combine the flour and sugar in a bowl. Remove 115g and set aside for dusting your work surfaces. In a separate bowl whisk together the eggs, cream and rose water. Gradually add the flour and sugar mix, beating thoroughly to combine. Bring the mixture together as a dough then turn out onto a work surface dusted with the reserved flour and sugar mix. Dust the top of the dough and your rolling pin then roll out about 3mm thick. Cut into rounds with a fluted pastry cutter and transfer to a lightly-greased baking tray. Prick the tops of the biscuits then transfer to an oven pre-heated to 180°C and bake for about 12 minutes, or until cooked through. Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool before serving or storing.
Mrs. Beeton and Excellent Rolls...courtesy of Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management
Isabella Beeton's Book of Household Management was published in 1861. She wrote the book in a four year period that began when she was 21 years old. The book is still in print today. She was married to a publisher and turned to cooking and writing following the death of her first child. She died of pueperal sepsis following the birth of her fourth child. She was 28 years old at the time. I chose a bread recipe to represent her work. As it turned out, it was a poor choice. It did not work as written.
For every lb. of flour allow 1 oz. of butter, 1/4 pint of milk, 1 large teaspoonful of yeast, a little salt.
Warm the butter in the milk, add to it the yeast and salt, and mix these ingredients well together. Put the flour into a pan, stir in the above ingredients, and let the dough rise, covered in a warm place. Knead it well, make it into rolls, let them rise again for a few minutes, and bake in a quick oven. Richer rolls may be made by adding 1 or 2 eggs and a larger proportion of butter, and their appearance improved by brushing the tops over with yolk of egg or a little milk.
1 lb. of flour, divided into 6 rolls, from 15 to 20 minutes.
The following bloggers are also paying tribute to Hannah Glasse and Mrs.Beeton. I hope you'll visit all of them.
Val - More Than Burnt Toast
Joanne - Eats Well With Others
Taryn - Have Kitchen Will Feed
Susan - The Spice Garden
Claudia - A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
Heather - girlichef
Miranda - Mangoes and Chutney
Jeanette - Healthy Living
April - Abby Sweets
Katie - Making Michael Pollan Proud
Mary - One Perfect Bite
Kathleen -Bake Away with Me
Viola - The Life is Good Kitchen
Sue - The View from Great Island
Next week we will highlight the food and recipes of Patricia Wells, a personal favorite of mine. It will be really interesting to see what everyone comes up with. If you'd like to join us please email me for additional information. Everyone is welcome.
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Three years ago, radio stations in Los Angeles and Orange County thought they knew who was listening to them, and where they stood in the horse race among their competitors. They found out differently.
In August 2008, the Arbitron radio ratings service published numbers for this market from a new survey method, ditching a decades-old diary system that relied on participants recalling from memory what stations they had listened to, and for how long, over the previous week. In its place came Portable People Meters, or PPMs, pager-sized devices that automatically registered everything the wearer heard — whether it was a favorite station they listened to in the car, the radio blaring at the corner café or a broadcast streamed over the Internet at work.
Since then, the new, theoretically more objective measurements have made broadcasters question some long-held ideas and have led to changes in what their audiences hear.
"Overall, it's probably created better programming for the listeners," said Greg Ashlock, who oversees the eight Los Angeles properties owned by Clear Channel, the nation's largest radio chain; they include the market's top three rated stations: pop outlet KIIS-FM (102.7), talk station KFI-AM (640) and the adult-contemporary KOST-FM (103.5).
Now, Ashlock argues, programmers are more concerned with what will make listeners stick with a station in the moment, rather than with what stuck in their minds at the end of the week when they used to fill out ratings diaries.
PPM thus made obsolete many broadcasters' ancient rituals: Incessant repetition of the station call letters, so Arbitron listeners couldn't possibly forget where their dials were tuned. Or starting a contest at 7:25 a.m., so the station would get credit in the diary for both the 7:15 and the 7:30 quarter-hours. Or having promotions reach a crescendo toward the end of the survey week — which ran from Thursday to Wednesday — knowing that many diary keepers would procrastinate until then to fill out all their entries.
"People were programming for Arbitron, and for diary recall," said Mary Beth Garber, executive vice president of radio analysis and insights at the Katz Radio Group, a media marketer. "It's good to have a measurement where you're not relying on what people perceive."
Under the diary system, the survey panel changed weekly, and Arbitron averaged three months' data into a quarterly report — which meant long waits for radio stations to see how they were doing. With the People Meters, the calendar (and survey groups) is divided into 13 four-week periods, one for each month plus a year-end "holiday" segment. And the turnaround is much faster, as data from the meters are uploaded to Arbitron every night.
The People Meters debuted in Philadelphia and Houston in 2007; the following year, the system expanded to Los Angeles and other markets. Based on the early results from those initial cities, which showed that more men were listening to radio than previously thought, Clear Channel decided to give KYSR-FM (98.7) a makeover in 2008. The onetime Star 98.7, with its soft rock hits aimed at a predominantly female audience, was transformed into a harder-edged alternative station aimed at guys, not their girlfriends. The result: By July 2010, it was a top 5 station, having increased its average weekly audience from 2.01 million people to 2.35 million in two years.
The station slipped a little in the most recent survey, for July 2011, when it garnered a 2.2% share of the audience ages 6 and older, dropping it into a tie for 18th place. But its average weekly audience remained at 2.1 million, besting its rival alternative rock station, the venerable KROQ-FM (106.7), at 1.95 million.
"It was the best move for us to make," Ashlock said. "It was wildly successful. It absolutely attracted the male listeners."
Some formats with the most fiercely loyal listeners — urban, country and Spanish-language — suffered in the switch from diaries to PPMs. Arbitron attributed the change to fans having over-reported their time spent listening to those stations in the diaries.
The new figures also showed that most radio listening wasn't in weekday mornings (6-10 a.m.), as had been thought, but midday (10 a.m.-3 p.m.): There was more at-work listening than previously reported. And there wasn't much drop-off at other times, or on weekends.
"It shows you have to have a balanced station," Ashlock said, rather than pouring talent, promotion and other resources into just one part of the schedule.
Kevin Weatherly, program director at KROQ and senior vice president of programming for the CBS Radio chain, said he has implemented other PPM lessons: Eliminate clutter, cut down on DJ patter and be judicious with new music. A loyal KROQ listener might have neglected to mention it in an Arbitron diary, but the People Meter reveals every time he switches away upon hearing the first notes of a song he can't abide.
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'Blasphemous' feminist writer hounded out of home by violent Muslim protests
For more than a decade, the writer Taslima Nasrin has been fighting; fighting against the courts, fighting to be heard and fighting for her life. Last night, the Bangladeshi-born author was struggling again as violent protests in one city – and the purported threat of further violent protests in another – saw her shuttling across India to avoid angry Muslims who have accused her of insulting Islam.
"I have no place to go. India is my home and I would like to keep living in this country until I die," the Sakharov Prize winner told The Hindu newspaper. "Here in this country, I have got the love and sympathy of the people for which I am grateful."
On Thursday, Nasrin was forced to flee from the city of Kolkata where she has been living for the past two years, a day after Muslim activists led protests against her which resulted 50 people being injured and the imposition of a curfew. The All India Minorities Forum, a Muslim group, has demanded she be deported not just from Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, but from India.
But after one night in Jaipur, Rajasthan, the authorities there decided that Nasrin should also leave to avoid the risk of a repetition of violence. "She didn't inform the government of Rajasthan before coming here and as she requires high security we asked her to leave," the Home Minister, Gulab Chand Kataria, told reporters. As a result Nasrin was last night headed to Delhi, and presumably further controversy.
Controversy is nothing new for the writer. Having fled from Bangladesh in 1994, Nasrin has long been confronted by people who do not like what she has to say. After slipping out of Bangladesh where she was charged with blasphemy, the feminist writer spent many years in Sweden, before moving to Kolkata, a city with a long literary tradition. While her books have been translated into more than 20 languages, her first four autobiographical volumes remain banned in Bangladesh.
In India, opposition to the writer from a variety of groups has ebbed and flowed. At the centre of the controversy are comments she is alleged to have made to an Indian newspaper 13 years ago which quoted her as saying that alterations needed to be made to the Koran in order to provide women with more rights. A court also accused her of "deliberately and maliciously" hurting the feelings of Muslims as a result of her Bengali-language novel Lajja, or Shame, which focuses on riots between Muslims and Hindus.
Nasrin has adamantly denied making the comment that the Koran should be changed. But she has never shied away from fighting for women's rights in societies – in India and Bangladesh – where they are often a lesser consideration. On her website she writes: "Women are oppressed in the East, in the West, in the South, in the North. Women are oppressed inside, outside home. Whether a woman is a believer or a non-believer, she is oppressed. Beautiful or ugly, oppressed. Crippled or not, rich or poor, literate or illiterate, oppressed. Covered or naked, she is oppressed. Dumb or not, cowardly or courageous, she is always oppressed."
There have been numerous death threats and fatwas issued against Nasrin. And in August there were ugly scenes in Hyderabad when she attended the launch of her book Shodh, or Getting Even, in the local Teulgu language. Three local politicians attacked her with tables and flower-pots. For all of this Nasrin remains adamant that her work is not blasphemous but that it campaigns for the rights of women. "As for my works, never have I written anything against the Islamic religion," he said. "They are all about the sad plight of women in our society."
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§ 32. Mr. John Morgan
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is prepared to support a scheme for affording convalescent treatment, with adequate family allowances over the period, to all men discharged from the Army with a health breakdown following a short period of Army service, after having been initially passed by a medical board, so enabling many such men to become fit to resume the remunerative jobs they vacated on being called up?
§ Mr. Eden
Provision is made for men who are discharged as medically unfit for further service in that each soldier so discharged is granted one month's furlough with pay and allowances. Normally, the man goes home as soon as it is decided to discharge him, and this provision enables him to have a month's rest if he so desires in which to adapt himself once more to civilian conditions. After the expiration of the month's furlough, if the disability is attributable to service during the war, the man will receive from the Ministry of Pensions any award of pension appropriate to his case, with family allowance if permissible.
§ Mr. Morgan
Is the Minister aware that the present system is not working satisfactorily, and that there is a large number of men who have not had sufficient convalescence to enable them to recover? Could he extend the system, with a view to bringing improvement?
§ Sir Francis Fremantle
Are proper arrangements made to see that they do actually convalesce during that time?
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“UNTIL I DISCOVERED COOKING, I WAS REALLY NEVER INTERESTED IN ANYTHING’ ~ Julia Child
What if I could share with you a way to cut your cooking time down by 1/3 of the normal cooking time? What if you could spend less on your energy utility bill simply by using a cooking method that takes less time to cook and because it takes less time to cook, less energy is needed? How about if I told you that the method of cooking I am about to introduce you to will also help you retain more minerals and vitamins in the foods you are preparing and all you need is ONE POT!? FAGOR Cookware has a Quality line of Pressure Cookers that can help you quickly prepare meals while keeping them healthy, vitamin and mineral loaded and drastically cut down on your in-the-kitchen time.
PRESSURE COOKING 101 ~ A FUNNY STORY
A pressure cooker can save you up to 70% cooking time. If you cook less, you expend less energy, and less energy used translates to less of an energy bill, which translates to more money in your pocket at the end of each meal! In addition, less cooking time means less heat in the house from cooking(great during the summer time). Cooking foods for longer periods of time can take away or dilute vitamins and minerals that COULD be in your foods simply by evaporating. Pressure Cookers provide a method to cook your food quicker an allow it to retain more color, flavor and to retain vitamins and minerals that might have been lost before. Less electric and the ability to keep everything in one pot made me switch from cooking many meals in many pots, and pans and dishes into ONE pot that does it all! Not all Pressure Cookers are made the same. Not all Pressure Cookers are FAGOR, I needed this pot last year: A few years ago I purchase a pressure cooker from a leading retailer and this past year I experienced it’s literal meltdown!
I was cooking vegetable soup, a pretty regularly served meal in my home as we all can consume it without ANY allergy concerns. While cooking I heard a bit of a ‘spitttzzzzzzz’ sound but I made nothing of it. The soup was laden with potatoes, carrots, celery, beans, etc. I served each person their own bowl as usual with a side of bread sticks. As I sat down to eat dinner with my family and we began eating I heard a clank. I asked everyone to stop eating. We listened and nothing more. We each began eating again, stirring our soup in our bowls to get to the cooler parts and ‘CLANK’ again! We all stopped mystified and then it hit me, the pressure toggle nut had fallen into the soup, into someone’s bowl and somebody at the table was about to get Toggle Nut Soup!. We located it in my daughters’ bowl and we pulled it out, but I recognized quickly there was another piece, so yet another stir in my sons’ bowl led to the other piece being FOUND! Needless to say, this was a cheaper pressure cooker and it was also a very USED pressure cooker and it is now a very in the trash can pressure cooker. Without a cooker for a good number of months, SOUP has all but disappeared from the menu, because I do not have time to nurse it along all day long on low, I am on the go, between work and kids there is NO TIME!
THE FAGOR PRESSURE COOKER
I recently was given the opportunity to try a new pressure cooker, not just any pressure cooker but a CHEF Pressure Cooker by Fagor. This Pressure Cooker is certain to provide me with MANY years of excellent cooking. The CHEF Pressure Cooker is made from high-quality, heavy gauge 18/10 stainless steel. The cooker meets ALL international safety standards. The Fagor has an easy-to-use pressure regulator and it is simple to determine which pressure to use for what food, you learn that there are pretty much two ways, Low or High.
I chose the Chef Pressure Cooker because it came with a Steamer/Grater Basket with Trivet which will allow me to also quickly steam veggies, which I survive on. In addition the CHEF Pressure Cooker comes with a Clear Glass lid which is useful because I can use the pot as a traditional cooking pot as well as a Pressure Cooker, Versatile and Space Saving! The CHEF pressure cooker has a built-in timer that is also removable–LOVE THIS!
You may be looking at this pot thinking this thing is way more than I would ever use, I can assure it is not, you will cook to it, and with it and I believe it will give you a real confidence boost in cooking because pressure cooking enhances the flavor of everything you cook in the pot. I love cooking sauces, soups, and chili in it, because it is fast, efficient and it enhances the flavor as it is all locked into the pressure.
PRESSURE GAUGE ON FAGOR CHEF PRESSURE COOKER
The handles are sturdy on this particular model, as you can see and the lid locks on simply lining marks up together which ensures that the lid is closed.
The pressure gauge is in the middle of the lid handle and this will tell you how much pressure is built up inside the cooker. The pressure builds and the indicator rises a bit(it is the little knob that rises out of the lid as you cook). If you have chosen to cook on LOW the knob will rise just up to the first line. Low cooking would include items like, vegetables and fish, delicate items, where as High Cooking with the knob rising to the second line you are probably cooking; stews, meats, meat balls, grains, or soups. It is very important to see what the knob is doing because if you had not intended a food to be cooked on High you will need to back the heat of the stove down a bit and the situation should correct itself, the pressure gauge is a great way to know if you are cooking on task! (it is super easy, believe me, you will never go back to traditional roasting, or cooking because of the time you are about to save and the taste of the food!)
WHEN TO ADJUST THE HEAT ON THE STOVE TOP
The steam you will see coming out of the top of the valve must maintain as a gentle, steady stream. Steam will start once the pressure in the pot has built and the food has begun its cooking process. When STEAM begins to come out of the pot you should Mark Time for cooking from beginning to end! Again, if there is too much steam coming out(you will know) you have to back the heat on the burner down and you will then note that less steam will come out, but you must have SOME steam appear. (*side note, if your steaming stops at any point in time, add a minute or 2 to the cooking time).
HOW TO RELEASE THE PRESSURE AFTER COOKING A MEAL
When you are done cooking, you release the pressure and there are a few ways to do this:
1) You can simply use the AUTOMATIC Release – just turn the dial
2) Naturally – take the pressure cooker off of the HOT BURNER and allow it to cool on a cool burner, DO NOT OPEN the lid you must allow the contents to cool. This can take up to 20 minutes, you are waiting for NO STEAM to be EMITTING from the steam operating Valve!
3) Cold Water Release-(I don’t like using this method) – Take the pressure cooker to the sink, tip it and make sure the OPERATING VALVE does not get water in it! Simply water the Pot down with Cold water by running water over the lid until the steam stops and the pressure indicator is lowered. YOU must make certain to not get water in the OPERATING VALVE which is also on the lid and remember the pot itself is hot. I have used this method ONCE and do not like it.
DO NOT JUST OPEN THE LID AFTER COOKING- the Pressure must level off. You will get burned if you simply attempt to open the lid.
HOW DO I WASH MY FAGOR?
The Fagor Chef Pressure Cooker is dishwasher safe, but I prefer to ‘baby’ mine and wash it by hand. The lid should ALWAYS be washed by hand with warm water and dish washing soap and a non-abrasive pad.
The silicone gasket that is attached to the underside of the lid, should be taken out of the lid after each use, washed with warm water and a mild dish washing detergent. Once washed, dry it and then use a paper towel (I Do) and rub it with vegetable oil before putting it back into the lid. This will extend the life of this gasket. The gasket provides the lid with the proper seal which allows pressure to build which in turn allows QUICK cooking!
Fagor has offered a great variety of recipes to help you along in your Pressure Cooking. This is one of my favs because it is super easy and the taste is Magnificent. Obviously you can change up some of the ingredients and put your OWN spin on it! Roasted Baby Potatoes done in 5 minutes!
How about Pot Roast in an hour, served up juicy, tender and quickly!
The possibilities are endless and the time you will save cooking in ONE pot with less energy makes this a simple choice as a purchase. With the up and coming holidays, you are sure to have someone who likes to COOK on your list and this would be the perfect gift! If you think you need a little bit less of a pressure cooker, FAGOR offers a WHOLE line of Pressure Cookers, this is simply the one I chose to review based on my knowledge and use of a pressure cooker! Check out their whole LINE here.
Stay tuned as I will be providing a giveaway for a Fagor Pressure Cooker, shortly!
I was provided a Fagor Pressure Cooker in return for my true and honest opinion/review as set forth in this blog. ***read all instructions before cooking, this is simply an overview and by no means is meant to guide you. The overall FAGOR pressure cooker comes with directions and a DVD that you SHOULD and NEED to review as cooking with a Pressure cooker could lead to steam burns. Please read all information provided by FAGOR before Cooking with your unit. PFM has simply offered an over view of the item.
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It has the power to bridge the gap of religious and racial differences. It is filled with food, drinks, family, friends and some of the best parties associated with the winter season. It is Super Bowl Sunday. What started as a football game to declare an inter-league champion, has evolved to become something larger than Lamar Hunt would have ever imagined when he jokingly proposed the phrase \"Super Bowl\" to then commissioner, Pete Rozelle.
It is a uniquely American event, yet it is celebrated by the entire world. There are few events that transcend space and time (not even the Olympics or religious holidays are celebrated during such a scheduled window). Whether you\'re watching for the enjoyment of the game or the multi-million dollar commercial spots, the Super Bowl is a delicious slice of American unity through diversity
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HILLSDALE — Parents looking for the perfect preschool for their children will have the opportunity to talk with representatives from area preschools during the Preschool Connect event Thursday at the Hillsdale Free Methodist Church.
The event is sponsored by Great Start Collaborative of Hillsdale County. The event will be from 10 a.m. to noon and 4-6 p.m. at the church located at 150 Union St., Hillsdale.
Ginelle Skinner, Great Start supervisor, said the idea came about as a one-stop shop for parents to learn about preschool options in the county. Representatives from all the licensed preschools from the county will be present, besides three Skinner said she hadn’t heard back from.
“It has been really well-received,” she said.
The event will give parents the opportunity to learn about all the preschool options in the county. Representatives will be on hand to help parents with financial assistance. Pre-registration for state- and federally-funded preschool programs will also be available.
Representatives from the Hillsdale ISD will be on hand to do developmental screenings. Personnel of the health department and other county organizations willalso be in attendance.
Representatives from the Sandbox Party will also be at the event. The Michigan Sandbox Party is a nonpartisan movement for Michigan residents who recognize the need to make sure infants, toddlers and other children are healthy, strong and ready to go when they arrive at kindergarten.
Skinner said it is important for parents to shop around when looking for a preschool. She said her advice to parents is go with your gut when picking out a preschool.
“If something doesn’t seem right during a visit, continue to look,” Skinner said.
Preschools need to be warm, nurturing environments where students not only are in a learning environment but also have opportunities to interact and play with other students, Skinner said. As supervisor of the Great Start program she has been working with area preschools in improving the quality of the programs.
The state has recently begun rating all of the licensed preschools in the state on a star system.
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Next June will mark the end of an era for APA's Minority Fellowship Program. That's when its Diversity Program in Neuroscience (DPN) will close its doors after 23 years of supporting ethnic-minority students' pursuit of neuroscience research careers. The reason? The National Institute of Mental Health has stopped funding the program.
In January, NIMH announced that it would cancel the diversity-focused training programs it funds for APA and other associations. Instead, it plans to work to improve diversity in all of its training programs and shift the management of its T32 programs—the mechanism that funds APA's program—from associations to universities.
"While this action will alter the specific programs that NIMH supports, we believe that implementing the recommendations outlined above will, in aggregate, help the NIMH to achieve its goal of training a diverse work force with the skill sets needed to conduct innovative research that will improve the lives of those affected by mental illness and, ultimately, to develop cures for mental illness," wrote NIMH project officer Nancy Desmond, PhD, in the e-mail announcing the decision.
That decision is a big mistake, say members of DPN's training advisory committee. While APA's own fellows have been success stories, they say, the field of neuroscience as a whole still has a long way to go.
"The most disturbing aspect of this decision is that the proportion of underrepresented graduates in the life sciences who earn doctorates has not increased for the last 10 years," the advisory committee members said in a joint statement to the Monitor. "Worse, the number earning doctorates in the neurosciences may actually be decreasing."
A record of success
Established in 1988, the DPN offers financial support, mentoring and enrichment activities to pre- and postdoctoral students interested in neuroscience careers. To date, the program has funded 289 neuroscience fellows.
Those fellows have done exactly what APA hoped they would do, says DPN director Joe L. Martinez, PhD, the Ewing Halsell Distinguished Chair of Biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Martinez and several colleagues recently reviewed more than two decades' worth of data on DPN's alumni.
For one thing, says Martinez, "we have a superior completion rate than many graduate programs." Almost 90 percent of DPN participants have received doctoral degrees or are still in training, he says, adding that participants' average time to degree is an impressive six years.
Once participants graduate, says Martinez, their successes continue. "The graduates are progressing quite normally through assistant, associate and full professor. They are publishing and getting grants. And they are staying in research," he says. "We are contributing positively to the scientific work force."
NIMH based its decision on recommendations from its National Advisory Mental Health Council Workgroup on Research Training.
But, as the DPN Training Advisory Committee points out, that workgroup didn't assess fellowship programs on a case-by-case basis. Nor did it examine long-term outcomes data. Instead, it based its findings on data collected in a single year. In addition, the definition of success was extremely narrow: The only outcome it assessed was the number of past trainees who had won NIH or NIMH R01 grants.
While Martinez doesn't know the exact number of training slots eliminated by the move, he estimates that it's more than 100 slots per year. And that will have a big impact on getting underrepresented minorities into neuroscience, he says.
NIMH's action is especially frustrating given its timing, add the DPN committee members. The National Institutes of Health recently received $10 billion in stimulus money to create jobs, they point out, and these fellowships are jobs that contribute to the economy. "Additionally, one of the areas to be addressed in the stimulus package is health disparities," the members say. "Increasing the diversity of the scientific work force and those conducting research with interests in health disparities addresses this goal."
When combined with the loss of its NIMH-funded Mental Health Research grant in 2006, the Minority Fellowship Program has lost more than two-thirds of its income and 60 training slots for ethnic-minority researchers, says program director Andrew Austin-Dailey.
That leaves about 30 training slots for pre- and postdoctoral trainees under the Minority Fellowship Program's Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Fellowship initiative, which is funded by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
In July, APA will appoint one last round of neuroscience fellows. They will receive just one year of support rather than the typical two years.
"We've been doing advocacy around this since at least 2005, when we first started hearing rumors about it," says Austin-Dailey. "When an occasion arises, we still bring up the issue."
But now the Minority Fellowship Program is moving on and exploring new options for neuroscience training and development. One idea is to raise funds for an endowment through the American Psychological Foundation.
"With a few million dollars, you could have a viable program that would not replace but at least would be in existence to provide the same kind of networking, mentoring and support that the old APA neuroscience program did," says Martinez.
Rebecca A. Clay is a writer in Washington, D.C.
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About Window Film - Architectural Benefits
Discover The Benefits Of Architectural Window Film
With Our window film installed on your home or office, you’ll enjoy all the benefits that only the highest quality window film can provide. Benefits such as:
Our window films help reduce heat transmission through glass. Depending on the film selected, you can achieve up to 78 percent total solar energy rejection. When less solar energy comes into your home or office building, your climate control system doesn't have to work as hard. The result: significant savings on your energy bills.
With less heat from the sun coming through the glass, there is lower solar heat gain and fewer hot spots, so building occupants can enjoy a more comfortable interior environment.
Our window films help reduce fading of interior furnishings by blocking out as much as 99% of harmful and damaging ultraviolet and up to 78 percent of total solar energy. The exact degree of fade reduction depends on your specific film selection, as well as the overall environment.
Glare reduction helps make an interior environment more comfortable, functional and enjoyable because it allows occupants to watch television and view computer screens with greater ease.
Window films are available in a variety of light densities and colors ranging from almost invisible to reflective colors which can complement a buildings décor or theme.
All our window films are manufactured with a tough, scratch-resistant coating as a standard feature, designed to reduce the risk of scratch damage during normal handling and maintenance.
Although standard solar films are not considered "safety & security" products, once they bond to glass, they can help make that glass more shatter-resistant by holding broken splinters and shards together in the event of accidental or storm-related breakage.
Depending on the window film you select, visual privacy can be improved. Ask your Tint professional for details.
Ultraviolet & Fading - It is important to stress that no window film or glazing product can totally prevent or stop fading. It is generally accepted that ultraviolet radiation is responsible for roughly 40 percent to as much as 60 percent of all fading. Other factors that can contribute to fading are solar light energy, indoor artificial lighting, humidity and moisture, poor dye quality in fabric, chemical vapors in the air, and abuse.
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USDA-APHIS Makes Changes to the Federal EAB Quarantine; Michigan's Quarantine Remains Intact
June 14, 2012
LANSING - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently issued a Federal Order updating its Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) quarantine policy. The Federal Order allows unrestricted interstate movement of articles regulated by the EAB quarantine within contiguous federal quarantine boundaries, with the exception of movements to protected areas within the existing quarantine area. The protected areas include any area identified by a state as pest free for which the state has regulations to protect against the human assisted intrastate spread of EAB. The change will become effective on July 1, 2012.
To see a map of the federal quarantine boundaries, including the protected areas, click here.
"Michigan supports this update in the federal EAB quarantine, but wants to clarify that the state's EAB quarantine remains in effect. EAB quarantine requirements for regulated articles moved entirely within Michigan are unchanged," said Gina Alessandri, MDARD's Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division Director. "By not having to regulate articles going from one infested state to another, staff can focus on activities that are most effective in stopping and slowing the spread of EAB to new areas, including the un-quarantined counties of the Upper Peninsula."
For those who move regulated articles interstate, the impacts of the change to the federal EAB quarantine include:
- A federal certificate or limited permit is no longer needed to ship articles regulated by the EAB quarantine out of Michigan's Lower Peninsula into or through Ohio or Indiana; however, if the final destination of the articles is outside of the contiguous federal quarantine boundaries or into the protected area of Illinois or Indiana, a federal certificate or limited permit is still required.
- A federal certificate or limited permit is no longer needed to move articles regulated by the EAB quarantine into Michigan's Lower Peninsula from areas inside of the contiguous federal quarantine boundaries.
Regulated articles, including all hardwood firewood, originating from the Lower Peninsula cannot be moved into the Upper Peninsula except with a state compliance agreement.
"We continue to ask that people not transport firewood because it can cause the accidental introduction or spread of potentially devastating forest pests such as Asian longhorned beetle, oak wilt, and more," said Alessandri. "People should purchase firewood as close to where they will use it as possible and should not take any unused firewood home with them or to their next camp site; remember to ‘burn it where you buy it.'"
Michigan residents and visitors are urged to learn about EAB and adhere to the state's quarantine. Quarantine violators face fines/penalties ranging from $1,000 up to $250,000 and face up to five years in jail if found guilty of transporting hardwood firewood out of the quarantine zones in the Upper Peninsula or from the Lower Peninsula into the Upper Peninsula.
EAB is an exotic insect native to Asia that attacks ash trees in its larval stage; it feeds undetected under the bark of ash trees, disrupting water and nutrient flow, and ultimately killing the trees in just a few years. The borer was first discovered in 2002, and is responsible for the death or damage of approximately 30 million ash trees in Michigan.
For more information on EAB, please visit www.emeraldashborer.info. To learn about other invasive pests, visit www.hungrypests.com.
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The magic of mythological epic "Ramayan" is set to be recreated on Zee TV, and the new version promises to be a state-of-art affair with latest technology and simplified dialogues to create a youth connect.
"Our 'Ramayan' is based on Ramcharitmanas, which is rich in core values, ideals and principles that form the crux of our society and are the core of our upbringing," Ajay Bhalwankar, head-content, Hindi GECs at Zee, told IANS.
Bhalwankar maintains the story will remain the same. But viewers will be treated to a new presentation.
"There no change in the story, but the presentation is different. If we try to tell the story in a different way, we would fail as the core of Ramayan cannot be changed," he said.
"(However), there is a sea of change in the use of technology and graphics. The scale is going to be really huge and state-of-the-art this time. We have shot in HD," he added, without revealing the show's budget.
The show is being produced by Moti Sagar of Sagar Arts.
The original, 1980s' small-screen version of "Ramayan" was produced and directed by Moti's father Ramanand Sagar. It was a hit, and still remains etched in many minds.
Another version of it was created for Imagine TV with actor Gurmeet Choudhry playing Ram, in 2008. That was produced by Sagar Arts too.
Asked how different would the third version be, Ramanand's granddaughter Meenakshi Sagar told IANS: "The language has been simplified so that today's generation is able to understand it and learn from it."
"The story will be similar to what my grandfather Ramanand Sagarji had shown. Nothing new can be included in the story, but the presentation will definitely be different. The technology is much better today and we have worked on lot on detailings of the characters," she added.
Actor Rishabh Shukla has been roped in for the role of King Dashratha, Shikha Swaroop of "Chandrakanta" fame will portray Kaikeyee and Neil Bhatt of "12/24 Karol Bagh" fame will be seen in Lakshman's role.
The identity of other characters, including protagonists Ram and Sita have been kept under wraps for now. The show will go on air Aug 12.
"We have spent a lot of time deciding on the casting of the show. We were never looking for larger than life personalities. I won't say they are new faces, but they are good actors," said Bhalwankar, adding that there's a special reason behind concealing the identity of Ram and Sita.
"When Doordarshan's 'Ramayan' came, media was not very active at that time. So, when people saw Arun Govil, they saw him as Ram and not Arun Govil. His real identity came out quite later," he said.
"We are not revealing the names because we want people to see them as Ram and Sita, not as actors XYZ," he added.
Bhalwankar doesn't fear comparisons with earlier versions of "Ramayan".
"There will be more comparisons with the earlier 'Ramayan' than comparisons with Imagine's 'Ramayan'. We don't fear it because their (Imagine's) grammar and framework was different. It was more of a family drama and our approach is different," he added.
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Posted: Friday, April 27, 2012 --- 10:16p.m.
For the past two months the city of Beaver Dam has seen a lot of vandalism.
Police say they've responded to nearly 70 incidents that date back to early March.
The victims range from home owners, business owners, car owners to even the city itself.
Police say they found obscene graffiti drawn on the the city's water tower.
Even though vandalism is common, police say the volume of these cases is alarming for a town this size.
With no clear motives, zeroing in on a suspect is becoming a challenge for law enforcement.
Police say they are taking a new approach while fighting this damaging trend. The department plans to increase police presence on every street corner along with using a new technology to track down the suspects.
Police won't elaborate on what the new technology they're using is, but they do say it will help them get closer to cracking the case.
"We have taken some steps as far as a preventive nature but also some steps that we hope can assist us, not only resolving this type of activity, but certainly assist us in the future with holding those who are responsible accountable,” said Beaver Dam Detective Ryan Klavekoske.
Anyone one who notices anything suspicious is urged to call police.
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Art Deco home
Art Deco house designed by Charles Jaka in 1931.
Jaka also designed the Art Deco Cruise Room in The Oxford Hotel (1933).
This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 at 8:39 am and is filed under Art Deco, Homes, International Style. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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First Issue #1 - April 1997
Last #81 - September 2003
Continued in New Thunderbolts
The Thunderbolts were first presented as superheroes like the Avengers, who became heroes to help protect the world when the Avengers were declared dead after the events of the 1996 "Onslaught" series. However the final page of the first issue revealed that the Thunderbolts were the Masters of Evil in disguise. Themes of redemption and the nature of heroism were often featured. In subsequent storylines, the group rejects their leader Baron Zemo and attempts to become heroes, eventually under the leadership of the Avenger Hawkeye.
After 81 issues, this series was retitled "New Thunderbolts (issues 82-99) and then was re-titled "Thunderbolts (2006 series) starting with #100.
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There is an endless variety of beaches in the world. Whether they be pebbled, sandy or made mostly of rock pools, they are always fun to enjoy. This article will consider 6 of the world’s most unusual and beautiful beaches.
1. Rainbow Beach, Australia
Fraser Island is the world’s largest sand island and it offers spectacular views. It is a short drive from Noosa accommodation and it appears golden as you arrive, despite being rainbow coloured on closer inspection. There is an Aboriginal legend that the cliffs behind the island are coloured like a rainbow because a God crashed into them during a fight over a woman. This beach island stretches for 123 kilometres and it is very common to see dolphins basking and playing in the bay. If you are looking for Sunshine Coast real estate, then this is the place to be.
2. Vik Beach, Iceland
Vik beach is an unconventional beach in many senses. It is situated at the southernmost point of Iceland and is actually the rainiest part of the country. The black sands are bordered by cliffs which appear green because of the rain. This is a beach which almost appears to be a negative of a regular beach.
3. Perissa, Greece
This beach is probably the most famous and beautiful of Santorini’s black beaches. The beach is also near to several ancient and fantastic sights such as the Mesa Vouno and Thira. Remember to take thongs with you to this beach because the black sand retains all the heat of the sun.
4. Papakolea, Hawaii
Beaches in Hawaii do not meet the criteria of “white sands”; instead, they take it to a whole new level. The beach of Papakolea is a mix of black, red and green sands. The beach is the remnants of a volcanic explosion over 10,000 years ago. It will take a hike down the volcanic cylinder to get there, but it is absolutely worth it.
5. Glass Beach, California
Glass Beach in California is an amazing example of the relation between human wastage and natural beauty. After years of dumping cars, bottles and other materials over the cliffs in California, the practice was eventually stopped. The end result is a gem like beach which is littered with smoothed particles of glass, rounded and shaped by the power of the sea. It has now become a crime to remove this waste from the beach and it resembles a gem littered beach.
6. Harbour Island, Bahamas
This beach is actually pink. It isn’t pink like the beaches with a line of broken up coral on the very edge of the water either, it is actually pink. The white sand is thoroughly mixed with particles of broken up coral and the result is a glowing pink beach which will keep making you look back to ensure that it is real. The bright blue Bahamas Sea makes an excellent contrast with the sand and it is one of the best places on the planet to sit back and enjoy a cocktail.
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According to a recent article by Jo-Anne Jones, RDH, the connection between the sexually transmitted disease, human papillomavirus (HPV), and oral cancer has produced startling statistics. Not only is HPV one of the fasted growing STDs but it is asserted that at least 50% of the sexually active population will contract it. With a 225% increase [...]
Together we fight oral cancer. Together we save a life every hour.
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There is no exact rule that I know of to pre-set for a particular day's sailing. You rake back for higher wind to keep the bows up so they don't submarine and you don't pitch pole. Because the more wind, the more the bows get pushed or driven down. Rake back too much, the bows are too high up out of the water and won't grip enough to tack quickly.
IMO, it is a matter of the balance that you like best after experimenting. Having the adjuster at the five hole is probably a good average place to start. Hopefully, others will chime in with some advice too...
Conventional wisdom amognst racers is that you rake back until you can't fully tighten the mainsheet, and then go forward a hole or two. With a Hobie brand sail and a ten hole adjuster, I think you would be in the 9th or 10 hole.
At the same time, most of us have the shrouds very loose. This allows the sail to go farther forward downwind.
I personally have been experimenting with a little less rake, but can't seem to make up my mind what is best.
Experienced sailors don't have any trouble tacking with the rake fully back. However, you have to hit it exactly right every time. As JJ says, forward helps tacking.
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JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
StoneAge Waterblast Tools is one of Durango’s shining stars. The 65-employee company exports across the globe and is exactly the type of business local economic-development advocates say La Plata County needs.
Yet despite its success, the company, located just five minutes outside Durango near Animas Air Park, remains without water service.
The company pays to haul in 2,000 to 12,000 gallons of water a week to cover product testing, domestic uses and fire-code requirements.
It costs the company $30,000 each year, said Jerry Zink, vice president of the company.
StoneAge’s situation is a perfect example of what the city and the county could have avoided or mitigated if the entities would have undertaken the joint planning work they are just now delving into, people in local government and business said.
“Had the governments been more proactive in planning and annexing some of these areas, StoneAge might not be in the challenged situation it is in, in regards to water,” La Plata County Commissioner Bobby Lieb said.
For this reason and many others, the county and the city have taken on what is expected to become a more than two-year process to redesign the way development happens in the areas immediately outside city limits.
It’s no easy task, as the planning work includes creating new development standards, land-use designations and jurisdictional boundaries, as well as a revamped intergovernmental agreement to encompass it all.
The final products will affect many of the areas adjacent to the city including places like Ewing Mesa east of Colorado Highway 3, Grandview and La Posta, next to the Animas Air Park.
While complicated, it’s a process both city and county see as necessary to clarify the direction for future development just outside the city, as well as the steps to get there.
The work is important “so we can have a rational transition from city into the county,” Durango City Manager Ron LeBlanc said. “It’s always good for city and county to cooperate when it comes to long-term planning.”
The governments’ work zeroes in on a zone around the city dubbed the cooperative planning area.
An intergovernmental agreement governs city and county relations in that area, which generally extends between zero and 1½ miles beyond city limits.
The Joint Planning Commission, with members from the city and the county, hears most of the major projects within those bounds. Varying development standards are applied based on a property’s distance from city limits.
The city and county cited the need to reform the intergovernmental agreement in a September 2011 retreat, but work languished until June when county commissioners made the bold move of deciding to terminate the existing agreement at the end of this year.
“That’s kind of our velvet hammer, we want (the city) to meet us halfway,” Lieb said.
As it turns out, the county’s move was premature. The timeline to create the new intergovernmental agreement, and development standards and area plans that complement it, began to stretch into October 2013.
All the tasks listed on paper fill a poster the size of a card table.
The county took a step back and has now offered to extend the current intergovernmental agreement until the end of 2013, an offer the city is expected to consider this month.
Balance of power
City and county jurisdiction, goals and priorities overlap, sometimes well and sometimes not so well, in the cooperative planning area.
The two entities cooperate in governing development in this in-between area because both agree the city will one day serve it with water and possibly annex it. In either case, it makes sense that projects comply with city development standards and its comprehensive plan, Commissioner Wally White said.
But the county believes the city has too much say right now, especially on areas where it is almost certain never to serve with water, Lieb said.
“So many conflicts have been with this carrot (of water service) that doesn’t necessarily come to fruition,” he said in an October meeting.
The county wants to reduce the cooperative planning area to exclude properties the city doesn’t realistically expect serve with water or annex in the next decade. Those properties would answer only to the county, Lieb said.
LeBlanc agreed on the need to re-evaluate the current cooperative planning area.
Properties within the redefined (and smaller) cooperative planning area also will have a more defined idea of which standards they need to follow. The new agreement aims to include standards more appropriate for projects in denser, urbanizing areas of the county.
These transitional standards will bring development near the city into closer alignment with its urban-development requirements and prime those areas for future annexation or city water service. There will be a clearer process to determine whether a project will have to conform to city, transitional or county standards.
Development in the county
Parallel to their intergovernmental agreement and transitional standards work, the city and county are collaborating on an area plan for La Posta, near the Animas Air Park. The plan maps out land-use designations and provides guidance for future infrastructure development.
The fundamental idea with area planning and transitional standards is to get ahead of development in order to avoid the kind of haphazard building that has occurred in the Grandview area, Lieb said.
“If you get out in front of inevitable growth, if you plan for it properly, the extension and facilitation of infrastructure becomes a lot less expensive and a lot easier when you have to build it,” he said.
The La Posta project also has a distinct economic bent because it creates the kind of predictability that allows business to locate and grow there, LeBlanc said.
The current system is “very cumbersome and very political,” said Ken Willyard, a homeowner east of Three Springs.
He has been through a “tremendous amount of paperwork and meetings” to try to switch his property from residential to commercial use within the framework of the current intergovernmental agreement.
“It makes no sense,” he said of the process.
He, and many others, hope the city and county can come up with a better solution.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is nearing a decision on how to process 30 million gallons of high-level radioactive waste salt solutions at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to remove strontium, actinides, and cesium for immobilization in glass and eventual shipment to a geologic repository. The department is sponsoring research and development (R&D) work on four alternative processes and plans to use the results to make a downselection decision in a June 2001 time frame. The DOE requested that the National Research Council help inform this decision by addressing the following charge:
1. evaluate the adequacy of the criteria that will be used by the department to select from among the candidate processes under consideration;
2. evaluate the progress and results of the research and development work that is being undertaken on these candidate processes; and
3. assess whether the technical uncertainties have been sufficiently resolved to proceed with downsizing the list of candidate processes.
Responses to the last two points are provided in this report. This report focuses exclusively on the technical issues related to the candidate processes for radionuclide removal from high-level waste salt solutions at SRS. The committee's interim report served as a response to the first point of this charge, and may be read in Appendix B. In that report, the committee found that DOE's proposed criteria are an acceptable basis for selecting among the candidate processes under consideration, but that the criteria should not be implemented in a way that relies on a single numerical "total score."
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I submit theology has often been derailed by philosophical musings where biblical claims have been made to submit to philosophical categories and this actually ends up altering the biblical content (as is the case with someone like Thomas Aquinas [using Aristotle] and I suspect is the case with someone like Kierkegaard). I don’t foresee how that might happen with what I’m about to do here.
Again, jumping off of Pastor Fisk’s book as well as all other helpful authors, I’ve got what I think is a helpful apologetic approach based on three propositional claims which I have stated very carefully (it is a bit of a reframe of Fisk’s presentation, which I consider highly insightful and valuable). Mankind has always and always will seek to reach three fundamental things:
-Understanding and knowledge of the powerful Mind responsible for the cosmos “out there”. Stated in a more refined way, this desire is also accompanied with the desire to recognize and to understand what is true, the origin and order of what is, what exists.
I will call this the Primary principle.
-Understanding of the kinds of universal behaviors that result in growth, harmony and blessing for human beings. Stated in a more refined way, this desire is also accompanied with the desire for what should be or ought to be, relating to that which is good and beautiful.
I will call this the Behavior principle.
-Happiness for one’s self and those one desires to be found with – family, like-minded friends, and chosen others. Stated in a more refined way, this desire is also accompanied with the desire for long-term, meaningful, and fulfilling pleasures, not only short-term and fleeting excitements.
I will call this the Happiness principle.*
Now, people generally don’t care about thinking for “its own sake” in route to happiness, or fulfillment – that is, apart from living, moving and having our being as the Greek poet (and Apostle Paul) said. We note that the rise of “abstract philosophy” apart from philosophy which is for living is a relatively recent trend in world history. Further, of course there is unavoidable overlap in these imperfect principles (simple categories we can all recognize at some level – notions of “essentialism” need not be brought into this discussion). Also, note that it is true that for some who insist there is no Divine Mind (above that which is purely “physical” or “material” – there are more persons saying this today), what is good, beautiful, and just for example, are “objective” only in the sense that they and others (whom they desire to be found with) choose to insist that they are – which simply means they are not (see here for more). I contend even they cannot ultimately escape the philosophical categories I have set up for all of us.
Most importantly, these three things (and all the action that follows from them) are to be achieved – at the very least in part – through mankind’s own powers and strength – his own moral, rational, and even mystical powers, as Pastor Fisk says. Power and strength are therefore the key things man possesses and that attain “salvation”, however defined. Money and possessions certainly may be seen to be of help here, sometimes going hand in hand with these. Interestingly, all of fallen man is “conservative” in this sense, in that he seeks to preserve, or conserve himself (and those he chooses to remain with and be found with) through his own power… his own willed choices to cooperate with the God or gods he worships. Even if life after death is denied, the choices we make by our own free powers somehow echo in the life to come.
Alternatively, the Christian God, ever “liberal” with His goodness towards all people, overturns everything about this hopeless task – these things are to be ultimately had and understood only through His powerful love – a strength which overturns the world and is made perfect through weakness – in line with the simple and humble forms whereby God chooses to reveal Himself and come to us in His forgiving and transforming words. This grace is first and foremost to be understood not as a heavenly fuel that powers us in our choices, but as the disposition of a loving Triune God towards his fallen creatures – “sinners are ‘attractive’ because they are loved; they are not loved because they are attractive”. Only in this way is the demonic (led by Satan), death, and the curse of sin (and its manifold manifestations) overcome.
And only in this way are men made whose primary goal is to dwell in the House of the Lord forever – to fully know the joys given by the One who bought them with His own precious blood. Only in this way, are men created who strive and long for their full sanctification in, with, and through Jesus Christ.**
Part III on Monday
*-Some might contend that the Behavior principle and Happiness principle must go together. And yet, for example, while behavior leading to children – and children who are nurtured well – is essential to humanity continuing and flourishing, social historian Peter N. Stearns, in his insightful book on happiness, “Satisfaction not Guaranteed”, points out that in late 20th century polls and surveys couples who decide to remain childless report having the highest levels of personal happiness. Also note that even if the “pursuit of happiness” is seen to be problematic from a Christian perspective (necessarily or potentially), simply desiring satisfaction and contentment for one’s self, one’s family, and one’s neighbor is unobjectionable.
**-As Pastor Fisk notes, there is a “higher level of faithfulness to pursue”, “[the] possibility of finding actual true growth”, and “objective maturity” (Fisk, 210). Of course, it is critical that the pursuit of these things be put in the proper context and understood rightly. His book is a terrific antidote to the false notions that are pervasive today.
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RO-7 Ark Royal
The fifth vessel to bear the proud name. Ark Royal was built by Swan Hunters Ship Builders' yard at Wallsend in December 1978 and launched by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. HMS Ark Royal was accepted into service on July 1 1985.
HMS Ark Royal is larger than her 2 sisters, Invincible and Illustrious, at 210 metres (683 feet) long. She has a maximum beam of 36 metres (117 feet) and a displacement of 20,000 tonnes.
4 Olympus gas turbine engines (like Concorde's) propel the ship, which give a maximum speed in excess of 30 knots. A steeper ski jump than in the other ships of this class is fitted at the forward end of the flight deck.
HMS Ark Royal is planned to remain in active service until 2015 when the next generation of aircraft carriers will enter service.
The Ship's motto is 'Zeal Does Not Rest'
The Fleet Flagship HMS Ark Royal returned to Portsmouth in mid June 2002 after a ten-week trials and exercise deployment. The initial phase of the exercise constituted the last of the ship's trials, and took place around UK waters and included complex operations working with the FA2 and GR7 Harriers carrying out combined strikes while simultaneously operating Merlin and Airborne Early Warning helicopters.
The ship has also been operating in the Mediterranean on a major NATO exercise, Dynamic Mix 02. This complex operation involved assets from 14 countries and included 51 Ships, 165 aircraft and 17125 troops. The ships included the Spanish aircraft carrier Principa de Asturia, HMS Cardiff, Argus and Orangeleaf as well as 3 submarines. During the exercise HMS Ark Royal embarked Rear Admiral Burnell-Nugent and the Maritime Battle Staff and took the major role leading the maritime component of the Opposing Forces who were attacking NATO.
The ship visited both Alicante and Palma and had been involved in Golden Jubilee celebrations including co-hosting a cocktail party onboard with the British Ambassador to Spain.
On her return to Portsmouth HMS Ark Royal hosted Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth and his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh onboard. The Queen reviewed the might of her armed forces on land, sea and air from the flight deck. This included a mock assault on a specially prepared island in Portsmouth harbour and a flypast by aircraft of all three services. Queen Elizabeth then took an impromptu opportunity to meet members of the ship's crew both on deck and in the main aircraft hangar.
By mid August 2002 the HMS Ark Royal had begun her scheduled Assisted Maintenance Period (AMP) in Portsmouth Dockyard to prepare for her autumn deployment to the Mediterranean.
HMS Ark Royal, the Fleet Flagship, sailed Portsmouth on 2 Sep for ARGONAUT 2002 - a UK led Maritime deployment taking place in the central Mediterranean. The aim of ARGONAUT was to demonstrate Britain's ability to deploy, operate and sustain a Maritime Task Group.
The Amphibious Task Group comprising ten British ships with Dutch assault vessel HNLMS Rotterdam and the Belgian frigate Westdiep was led by the Commander Amphibious Task Group, Commodore Jamie Miller, who flew his pennant in HMS Ark Royal during the early stage of the deployment.
The deployment started in British waters with a period of Force Integration Training for the FA2 Sea Harriers of 800 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) and the GR7 Harriers of 1(f) Squadron RAF. The remainder of the Carrier's Air Group comprised ASW Sea King helicopters from 820 NAS and the recently upgraded AEW Sea King from 848 NAS. 814 NAS with the new Merlin ASW helicopter were embarked on the replenishment ship RFA Fort Victoria. ARGONAUT 02 marks the Merlin's first operational deployment.
The Task Group then headed down to the Mediterranean where, after visiting Gibraltar, HMS Ark Royal entered Malta's Grand Harbour to contribute to the island's celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Operation PEDESTAL. PEDESTAL was the name given to a World War 2 convoy that brought 32,000 tons of supplies to Malta enabling the island to hold out until the siege by Axis forces was lifted.
It was fitting that HMS Ark Royal visited during the Anniversary as on many occasions during World War 2 the third HMS Ark Royal ferried planes to Malta and covered Malta-bound convoys. It was while returning to Gibraltar from one such mission, Operation PERPETUAL, that the third HMS Ark Royal was torpedoed by the German submarine U-81. After a difficult struggle against progressive flooding, the carrier capsized and sank on 14 November 1941.
At the centre of ARGONAUT 02 were the two NATO amphibious exercises: DESTINED GLORY and ABELIA. Taking place in the littorals of Italy and the south of France they provided the first opportunity for nations involved in the European Amphibious Initiative to develop their operating procedures. During the exercises HMS Ark Royal worked with ships and submarines from a number of different nations, including the USS George Washington. As well as being highly successful, this was an extremely busy time for HMS Ark Royal with an additional 200 staff from Commander UK Amphibious Forces and the US Amphibious Group 2 embarked to command and control the exercises.
HMS Ark Royal then headed for Barcelona where the ship's company had 5 days to enjoy the Catalonian capital before returning to Portsmouth. The ship then underwent a maintenance period before embarking on a global deployment in early 2003.
The First Ark Royal
The first Ark Royal was built for Sir Walter RALEIGH. The 690 ton, 38 gun ship was purchased by the crown and became the flag ship of the Lord High Admiral, Howard of Effingham.The ship saw action in July 1588 during the Spanish Armada and eight years later in Cadiz.
The Second Ark Royal
Ark Royal II was acquired by the Navy in 1913 and was commissioned in December 1914 as a 7,400 ton seaplane carrier. Her aircraft first saw action in February 1915 over the Dardanelles and until the arrival of German submarines she operated in the northern Aegean reconnoitring and bombing Turkish ports. After the war she continued in Naval service and took Royal Air Force aircraft to British Somaliland to aid quelling the "Mad Mullah's revolt" in 1920 and in 1922 she carried the RAF for the "Chanak Incident". Ark Royal was recommissioned as a trials ship to test aircraft catapult equipment. Renamed Pegasus in 1934 the ship took on a training role.
The Third Ark Royal
The third Ark Royal was commissioned in 1938 as a 23,000 ton Fleet Carrier, the first British ship conceived and designed as a 'flat top' aircraft carrier. At the outbreak of World War II, Ark Royal was attached to the Home Fleet, and during late 1939, and early 1940 Ark Royal returned to the Mediterranean and took part in many operations with Force H. In May 1941 Ark Royal and Force H left Gibraltar to intercept the Bismarck and Prince Eugen. On May 26 she flew off a striking force of torpedo aircraft which scored two hits crippling the Bismarck. On 13 November 1941, returning from an aircraft ferrying operation to Malta, the Ark Royal was torpedoed 30 miles from Gibraltar. Although she was taken in tow, the flooding could not be controlled and the following day she sank, 14 hours after being hit. Only one rating was lost of her complement of nearly 1600.
The Fourth Ark Royal
The fourth Ark Royal, ordered in 1942, was finally commissioned in 1955 as a 43,000 ton armoured Fleet Carrier. She included many wartime modifications and was the first Royal Navy carrier to feature all the British developments enabling jet operations including the angled deck, steam catapult and a mirror landing aid. Originally she was designed to operate 90 small aircraft with landing speed of up to 80 knots. With progressive modifications she was able to fly 40 much larger aircraft with faster landing speeds up to 135 knots. Following her first major refit of 1958-59 she was able to operate a new generation of swept wing aircraft such as the Supermarine Scimitar and the De Havilland Sea Vixen. Further modifications eventually enabled her to operate McDonnell Douglas Phantoms.
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Green UCL News publication
- Rollapaluza League Table from Welcome Fair
- BioRegional present One Planet Living in Topic Lunch Series
- GREEN UCL at Welcome Fair
- Green Impact UCL 2012/13 Now Running!
- Green Week UCL Poster Exhibition - Abstracts Online
- Green Week UCL is here
- Green Week Day 2 - Materials
- Green Week UCL Poster Competition Winners
- It's TRANSPORT day of Green Week UCL!
- Green Week UCL - How did it go?
- First Forum of Green Innovation UCL
- Green Innovation UCL is running
- Topic Lunch Presentation "Urbanisation in China"
- UCL Environmental Sustainability Strategy Consultation
- "Mapping Personal Thermal Comfort" - 26th November 1-2pm
- "Cycling, walking or driving – what are the risks and benefits?" by Jenny Mindell (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health)
- MODO and Green UCL Boot Sale
- Green Impact UCL League Table End of November
- Apply for UCLU Green Impact Special Awards
- Green Impact League Table December 17th
- Green Impact League Table January 21st
- Free IEMA accredited environmental audit training and experience for UCL students
- Cycle Safety Day - Thursday 31st January
- Students Switch Off to Success
- Green Impact League Table February 22nd
- Green Impact League Table February 22nd
- Become an Ambassador for the Mayor's Low Carbon Prize
- Green Champions Forum and Training Sessions
- Green Impact Award April 24th 2013
The NUS Green Impact programme has been in progress at UCL for the second year running. The programme encourages teams to undertake a number of actions to reduce their environmental impacts - thereby contributing to UCL's overall environmental sustainability programme. In 2011/12, 19 UCL teams signed up and completed actions as part of Green Impact. In 2012/13, 29 teams have got involved in the programme and undertaken actions ranging from the purchase of sustainable food to the use of UCL's waste reuse scheme, WarpIt. As a result of the programme, UCL was able to achieve the following More...
Published: May 2, 2013 11:55:53 AM
The next Green Champions Forum will take place on Wednesday April 10th 1-2pm in G01 Central House. Lunch will be provided. If you would like to attend please email email@example.com with the number of people and any dietary requirements. More...
Published: Mar 11, 2013 10:39:22 AM
A message from the Mayor's Low Carbon Prize Team...
Published: Mar 5, 2013 2:26:04 PM
The latest Green Impact UCL league table is now out! Here are the results as of February 22nd. Congratulations to PALS who have topped the table for the third time in a row! Will they hold their lead or will another team enter enough workbook data in the next week (workbooks close on March 4th) to get past them...? More...
Published: Feb 25, 2013 5:33:32 PM
Students living in UCL halls have made a great start in the Student Switch Off energy-saving campaign, taking simple actions to reduce their carbon footprint and helping their hall in the competition to save the most and win an end of year party. More...
Published: Feb 8, 2013 12:01:42 PM
Students Switch Off to Success
8 February 2013
Students living in UCL halls have made a great start in the Student Switch Off energy-saving campaign, taking simple actions to reduce their carbon footprint and helping their hall in the competition to save the most and win an end of year party.
Over October and November the leading residence Frances Gardner reduced its electricity consumption by 6% compared to its average use in previous years and across the five participating halls (James Lighthill, Astor College, Langton Close, Frances Gardner and Schafer House) 7766 Kwh and 4.19 tonnes of C02 have already been saved, the equivalent of boiling nearly 250,000 cups of tea!
Saving are the results of students engaging in a range of activities, with over 200 signing up to receive regular energy saving tips by email, over 150 having a go at our online climate change quiz and over 200 attending pizza parties that launched the campaign at the beginning of the year.
Forty students also attended a volunteer training session learning how to use peer to peer communications and social media to create environmental behaviour change. They have taken these skills back to their halls to get their friends to start taking actions like putting lids on pans when cooking and only boiling the water they need for their tea and coffee. Representatives from Student Switch Off have also visited the halls to chat to students and keep awareness high, while throughout the year there have been lots of opportunities to everybody to win prizes as rewards for their energy saving efforts.
Tapping into the power of social media is a key part of the campaign. Over 100 students have joining our facebook page - www.facebook.com/uclstudentswitchoff – where they share photos of themselves saving energy in return for cinema tickets, free bowling and probably the most popular prize, tubs of Ben and Jerry’s! Over 100 photos have been shared, which have gathered over 300 ‘likes’. As people like and share the photos and posts the energy saving messages have reached to over 2000 people across facebook.
The campaign continues until the end of the academic year and the other halls have the chance to put in an extra energy saving effort and try and overtake Frances Gardner be crowned the energy saving champions.
Jesse Scharf, Student Switch Off Project Officer, said “I’ve been really impressed by the enthusiasm that UCL students have shown in getting involved. It provides a heartening example of the responsible attitude the next generation of young adults have towards our environment”.
Pictured: Susie Woodbridge of Langton Close wraps up warm.
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Returning to Work
Each of us makes our own best decision about how to handle work during cancer treatment. Some women choose to continue to work close to full time, others take an extended leave, and others choose something in between. There are clearly many factors that influence this choice: financial need, availability of sick time or disability payments, support and flexibility at the work place, job demands. I remember one woman who worked as a union carpenter on the Big Dig. In spite of apparently incredible support from her (mostly)_male work buddies, the physicality of the job was just too much as her chemotherapy treatments continued. Preschool teachers often feel they need distance from their classrooms because of the constant sneezes, sniffles, and other germs--not to mention the energy needed to keep up with all the children. Women who work in office jobs, even demanding ones, may feel more able to continue working. It helps if you can sometimes work from home or go in late, leave early, etc.
Whatever the plan has been during treatment, a return to work is often difficult and fraught with anxiety. You probably look different and dread the perceived stares in the elevator or cafeteria. What are you going to tell people? Do you want to talk about your illness and your treatment or do you prefer to avoid those conversations? I always suggest that woman think about the reentry and what will help most and then talk with one or two trusted colleagues at work before returning. Ask them to spread the rules, whatever they are. As in, ask them to tell others that you welcome questions, but not while you are working; please save them for the coffee break. Or, please just say something like "Nice to see you" and don't ask. You know best what will help.
That is all an introduction to this article from MedScape about returning to work. Here is an excerpt and a link:
Multidisciplinary Strategies Help Cancer Survivors Return to Work
February 23, 2011 — The number of cancer patients who survive their disease is rapidly growing, and many find that returning to their jobs helps improve their quality of life. However, many survivors must also contend with the long-term medical and psychological effects of cancer and/or its treatment, which can affect their ability to work.
The results of a new meta-analysis suggest that multidisciplinary interventions can lead to higher return-to-work rates than usual care. Cancer survivors who received multidisciplinary interventions, which included physical, psychological, and vocational components, were nearly twice as likely to overcome challenges and successfully return to work as those who received usual care.
The findings, reported by Angela de Boer, PhD, from the Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues come from a meta-analysis published online February 16 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
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I was appalled by the Aug. 11 column by Paul Carpenter, a sensationalistic diatribe about the Lehigh Valley's fire police officers. I respect freedom of speech and press that is guaranteed in this great land of ours. However, it behooves Mr. Carpenter to actually research the laws and regulations governing fire police officers rather than resorting to muckraking.
The primary objective of fire police, who are members of volunteer fire companies and duly sworn by their municipality, is ensuring the safety of firefighters, EMS personnel, law enforcement officers and the general public. When the public sees fire police officers detouring traffic and prohibiting entry into the emergency scene, those officials are doing it for a reason -- your safety! If a legitimate member of the press is sent to cover an emergency event, the fire police officer will locate the fire department public information officer or the fire chief, and direct the press representative to him. However, fire police cannot, and will not, allow the press unrestricted freedom of movement simply because the press wants it. Remember, it is about safety, after all.
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Fifteen young adult cancer survivors came to Moab last month for a rock climbing camp organized by First Descents, a Denver-based organization that provides outdoor adventure opportunities for young adults who are fighting cancer.
The program is designed to help the participants reclaim their lives and connect with others doing the same, according to the group’s website.
The organization conducts trips across the globe, including 50 different locations in North, Central, and South America. The Moab camp is now an annual event, organizers said.
“The trip was amazing. The coolest thing was there was such a sense of community among the participants... We all understood how each other felt and had similar experiences,” said Kelsey Tanner, a 24-year-old cancer survivor from Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Tanner was diagnosed this summer with kidney cancer. But she calls herself “lucky,” explaining that she had a tumor removed from her right kidney but did not require chemotherapy or radiation.
In Moab, the group spent most of their time rock climbing along Wall Street on state Route 279, according to Jordan Forney, First Descents program director. They also toured Arches National Park and spent their final day rapelling in the backcountry before ending the camp with a graduation ceremony.
“It is challenge by choice. We don’t force anyone to do anything, but we give them the opportunity to put themselves outside of their comfort zones and explore that and grow,” said Forney. “It is a great medium, the adventure. I think some people would misinterpret us as a guide trip. But we use the adventure as a medium to interact and share life stories. It provides a physical and emotional outlet, and everyone supports each other.”
First Descents trips are for people between the ages of 19 and 39. Forney said this age group is often underserved as far as visibility and support for cancer patients and survivors.
“This age group shows up with a lot of things going on in their lives. This is a period of transition for most of them, and they can all relate to each other,” Forney said. “When [the founder] was looking at the market for helping people with cancer, there was a gap in this age group, and that is why they were chosen.”
Tanner said there were many emotional moments among the participants, including coming to terms with the differences between their bodies before and after cancer.
“I think more than anything, cancer proved to me how strong I am and how strong I could be. There was a whole world of possibility I hadn’t thought of before,” Tanner said. “This trip was an extension of that... I can be a rock climber if I want to be. I can do what my body is capable of so much more than I thought I could do.”
For more information about First Descents, visit firstdescents.org.
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Home » Opinion » Editorials
City Chamber of taxes: A 'shallowly' education view
It is unclear exactly what Chamber president Robin Comstock (a non-Manchester resident, last we checked) meant in telling a city Charter Commission hearing that her members think something is wrong with education in the city and "it affects everything as shallowly as property values and as profoundly as work-force development and readiness."
As "shallowly" as property values?
Whether you think property values are too high or too low, they affect how much money one pays in taxes, the greatest portion of which goes to pay for schools. Most property owners we know think their property taxes are pretty high, hence their embrace of a tax cap, which they approved years ago but which then had to overcome many roadblocks put in its path.
Coming on a night when others were calling for an end to the tax cap, the Chamber head's dissing of property values as a mere "shallowly" thing seemed right in line with that pro-tax sentiment.
That is exactly the wrong message to send to Manchester taxpayers and the wrong way for the Chamber and others who are serious about improving education to proceed.
Where is the focus on the refusal of the teachers' union to bear a bigger share of health insurance costs as other city unions have done?
Where is the embrace of Mayor Ted Gatsas' efforts to make wise use of technology, including virtual learning?
If these people are serious about improving education, they better dial back the tax-and-spend rhetoric and promote some real-world solutions.
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- United Arab Emirates: Monday, April 24 - 2006 at 14:48
In the same way that Linux is battling against a much larger competitor in the software industry, so AMD is confronted by a quasi-monopoly rival in micro-processors. This is a comparison that appeals to AMD which claims to deliver a similar value proposition to that offered by Linux.
'Our approach to saving money is similar. AMD based servers use less electricity, and in many applications the servers will actually pay for themselves by using less energy.
'We first came across this saving in getting the maximum capacity in a fixed space for Wall Street firms. But this has now proven equally valuable for oil and gas companies and we are winning a lot of business thanks to this power saving, something which is likely to become even more of a theme over the next few years.
The boss of AMD was in the UAE this week for the group's first-ever Global Distributors Conference in Dubai, an annual gathering of those involved in distribution of AMD processors around the world. AMD is on a roll at present, and is growing faster than its peers at a time when the global IT industry is fairly stagnant.
'In the last three years we have managed to stay one step ahead of Intel with Opteron and the way we introduced 64-bit computing without negating existing software, with backwards compatible systems,' explains Mr. Meyer.
'We also took a leadership position with multi-core technology which has enabled us to improve system efficiency through higher computing power for less energy input, and this has been the foundation of our product launches of recent years.
'Customers also appreciate having a competitor in an industry so dominated by one player, and our future strategy is clearly to break the Intel monopoly. Aside from our technology we will be targeting high growth regions, like the Middle East and setting the agenda for the data centre and enterprise through virtualization technology.
'It is a question of making a new architecture for commercial clients, and at the same time we also want to work with property developers to equip buildings to provide smart technology to consumers in their homes.
Mr. Meyer also points to AMD's '50x15' strategy for the emerging markets with the declared aim of achieving 50% internet access by 2015: 'This is great for educational needs but also a neglected business opportunity.'
Only this week AMD announced that DTK Computer Middle East will be manufacturing a $249 low-cost computer which is a concrete manifestation of '50x15' in action. It is clear that AMD intends to have a much higher profile in the region than in the past, and Mr. Meyer says he will be back again very soon.
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The efforts of some federal workers in Grayson and Breckinridge counties — and some volunteers as well — drew national honors this week.
On Thursday, employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office at Rough River Lake received the Corps’ 2012 Chief of Engineers Natural Resources Management Project of the Year.
The award recognizes an office or “project” for its accomplishments in management efficiency, public involvement, public safety, management effectiveness, partnerships, environmental stewardship and environmental compliance as related to all elements of the Corps’ Natural Resources Management Program. The evaluation focuses on management efforts that contribute to greater efficiency and effectiveness in use of personnel and funds, while sustaining or improving good customer service and stewardship of project resources.
The Corps, which operates and maintains 422 multi-use lake projects nationwide, has been naming a Project of the Year for more than 44 years.
Louisville District Commander Col. Luke Leonard presented the award to employees at a lakeside gazebo near the new Visitor’s Center.
Park manager Diane Stratton previously said Rough River was selected because of efforts to serve “the Corps and our nation very well with effective management with decreased funding.
“The staff is (being) recognized for outstanding efforts to maximize their programs in a manner that allows them to still meet the needs of the visiting public,” she said.
According to the Corps, the staff at Rough River has revolutionized safety awareness programs “by thinking outside the box and creating programs that will serve the public nationally, regionally, and locally.” It also praised their focus onstewardship and its partnerships with local volunteers and communities.
Specifically, the Corps cited the Rough River employees for their communication with the public, including their use of social media; their water safety programs; and their commitment to customer service, which included working to upgrade electrical and water service at the lake’s four campgrounds and building shower houses at Laurel branch and Cave Creek campgrounds.
Rough River Lake was first selected as the representative project for the Ohio River Division before moving on to the national review at the Corps’ headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Receiving the award were Stratton; rangers Adam Warren, Adam Taylor, Adam VanZant, J.D. Tucker, and Wendy Pohl; administrative assistant Tammy Simpson; office clerk Brittany Ford; maintenance leader Layman Lucas; maintenance workers Mark Cardwell, Bryan Duvall, Tim McQueen, Tom Dennison, and Steve Clemons.
Following that presentation, the Friends of Rough River Lake received the Corps’ Commander’s Award for Public Service.
The award recognized the volunteers’ “exceptional public service,” noting their partnerships with the local Corps’ staff to promote outdoor recreation, water safety, community involvement and area and natural history.
It also praised the volunteers for their work on renovating and staffing the new visitor and outdoor learning centers at the lake.
Receiving the award for the Friends were president Gillie Hust, vice president Howard Tomes, secretary Joan Hust,treasurer Susanna Webb, and members Cathy Corbett and Mark Webb.
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Modern masterworks by celebrated artists including Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse will be featured in an upcoming University of Iowa Museum of Art
(UIMA)-organized exhibition at the Figge Art Museum
, 225 West Second St. in downtown Davenport, IA.
The exhibition, "A Legacy for Iowa: Pollock's 'Mural' and Modern Masterworks from the University of Iowa Museum of Art," opens Sunday, April 19 and runs through Sunday, August 2. The two museums will celebrate the opening from noon to 5 p.m. on April 19 with a reception at the Figge Art Museum. Tours of the exhibition will be available at 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 p.m., and volunteers from both museums will be stationed in the galleries throughout the day to answer visitors' questions.
"A Legacy for Iowa," the first display of art from the UIMA at the Figge Art Museum, features 22 of the most important works in the UIMA collection.
Nearly all of the paintings in the exhibition were fully or partially donated to the UIMA, said UIMA Chief Curator Kathleen Edwards, who organized the show.
"The word 'legacy' has to do with what we are given and how we build on that," Edwards said. "In this exhibition, we explore both why donors give works of art to museums and the important role museums have as caretakers of these objects."
Robert Motherwell's "Elegy to the Spanish Republic, No. 126" (1965-75), which was commissioned for the UIMA by Ulfert Wilke, the UIMA's first director, will greet exhibition visitors in the Figge's second-floor orientation gallery," Edwards said. In the next room, visitors will find works donated to the UIMA by various patrons, including Cedar Rapids couple Owen and Leone Elliott, whose gift triggered the construction of the original UI Museum of Art building, and world-famous art patron Peggy Guggenheim, whose gift includes Jackson Pollock's "Mural" (1943), the UIMA's most famous painting and the centerpiece of the exhibition.
Many historians consider "Mural" to be one of the most important modern American paintings ever made, Edwards said. " 'Mural' represents a synthesis of Pollock's myriad influences, ranging from Mexican murals and Regionalist art to Asian calligraphy and Jungian psychotherapy," she said.
"As stewards entrusted with the care of this and other magnificent works of art, museums have both an immense opportunity and a great responsibility," said UIMA Interim Director Pamela White. "We are charged both with making 'Mural' available for our public and building and preserving the legacy of this work for future generations."
Hosting UIMA-organized exhibitions such as "A Legacy for Iowa" is just one aspect of the larger partnership between the UIMA and the Figge; the Figge will also store the UIMA collection until a permanent museum space in Iowa City becomes available.
Figge Art Museum Executive Director Sean O'Harrow noted that the collaboration will bring benefits for both institutions. "Cooperation between institutions is not only the best way forward in tough times, but also the best way forward in the best of times," O'Harrow said. "This partnership will raise the profile of both museums and, we hope, Davenport's arts and culture district, which the Figge anchors."
In addition to twentieth-century European and American paintings, many of which are featured in "A Legacy for Iowa," the UIMA's more than 12,000-piece collection includes a world-famous collection of African Art, wide-ranging ceramics and pre-Columbian collections, and a large selection of prints, drawings and photographs. The UIMA collection has been given accolades by New York Times art critic Roberta Smith, and works from the UIMA collection have traveled to major exhibitions in New York, and Berlin and have frequently been featured in art history textbooks.
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Here is an interesting commentary on the European Union's proposed Constitution.http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-murray062303.asp
June 23, 2003, 8:45 a.m.
The EU Constitution lays down NGOs’ ideals in stone.
By Iain Murray
When former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing was first minted as president of the European constitutional convention, he suggested he might be Europe's Ben Franklin, a senior figure lending his authority to the process. Now that the draft constitution has been published, he has changed his tune. He now compares himself to Thomas Jefferson, ignoring the inconvenient fact that Jefferson was not present at the drafting of the U.S. Constitution.
"I tried to play a little bit the role that Jefferson played, which was to instill leading ideas into the system," he told the New York Times. "Jefferson was a man who wrote and produced elements that consolidated the Constitution." Giscard's historical ambiguity aside, Thomas Jefferson would surely be distressed to have his name associated with the draft document: That champion of limited government would be appalled at the paternalist, centralizing, one-sided ideas that the EU constitution embodies. It reads more like an NGO wish-list than anything produced by the Founding Fathers.
Much of the discussion in English has concentrated on the first part of the constitution, which deals with institutional arrangements. This is hardly surprising, as the implications of more powerful and centralized European institutions are far-reaching. If Giscard has his way, for example, there will be a European foreign minister who will represent the EU as a whole on certain issues. This includes speaking for Europe at the U.N. Security Council, replacing the spokesmen of individual nations. It is likely that the first holder of the office will be the German Green party's foreign minister, Joschka Fischer, who has already pronounced that "to change one iota of the Convention would be a catastrophe." This would, of course, be dreadful news for the United States, as it would lose the independent voices of Britain, Spain, and other America-friendly EU members in meetings of the Security Council.
The institutional arrangements are only part of the constitution. Two other aspects deserve close consideration as well. First is the "Charter of Fundamental Rights of the Union," which pretends to be the EU Bill of Rights. As we all know, the American Bill of Rights is couched mostly in negative terms, forbidding government from certain action. The European charter, however, is couched in positive terms, bestowing rights upon citizens by the grace of its actions.
And what an interesting collection of rights they are. Human dignity is the very first right enumerated, so signaling that the charter feels it should legislate for common decency. The second article outlaws the death penalty. In the third article on the integrity of the person there is a prohibition on "making the human body and its parts as such a source of financial gain" (no payments for blood donation, then). Although odd, these provisions are probably within the generally accepted idea of what "human rights" entail. In Article 14, however, we see that social policy, too, is an area of human rights, as the charter guarantees the "right to education and to have access to vocational and continuing training . . . [including] the possibility to receive free compulsory education." Employers must therefore allow their employees to undertake vocational training, and homeschooling is in serious trouble. European teachers' unions will be happy.
It goes on. Discrimination based on birth is prohibited, which puts those countries with monarchies in an interesting position. Equality between men and women is ensured in employment, work, and pay specifically, except that "the principle of equality shall not prevent the maintenance or adoption of measures providing for specific advantages in favour of the under-represented sex." Children "may express their views freely" — so much for the days of silence in movie theaters!
Then comes the "solidarity" title, which grants labor unions an entrenched constitutional position, giving workers the right to collective bargaining and to take strike action. The welfare state is also entrenched, with welfare benefits guaranteed, including "social and housing assistance so as to ensure a decent existence for all those who lack sufficient resources." The charter thereby reverses many of the union and welfare reforms introduced into Britain by Margaret Thatcher — reforms that have been instrumental in lifting that country back into the ranks of strong economies — and forbids Germany and other nations from embracing them at a time when they desperately need to do so. To his credit, Tony Blair has said he will oppose this part of the constitution.
The charter moves on to guaranteeing "a high level of environmental protection and the improvement of the quality of the environment." It then turns to justice, where it guarantees fair trials, the presumption of innocence, proportional penalties, and protection from double jeopardy, but says nothing about self-incrimination or trial by jury.
Yet the charter contains a get-out clause. Any of these rights may be limited in the interest of meeting "objectives of general interest recognized by the Union." A raison d'etat is thereby enshrined in the constitution. Presumably this is how the European Union will reconcile its actions against "xenophobia" with the general principle of freedom of expression.
This is only the tip of the iceberg, however. The next and largest part of the constitution actually lays down ground rules for the policies that the Union shall follow in areas where it has "shared competence" with member governments. These areas include transport, energy, social policy, the environment, consumer protection, criminal justice and policing, and "economic, social and territorial cohesion." As British convention member David Heathcote-Amory pointed out, "'Shared' is defined to mean that, when the EU decides to legislate in these areas, member states are forbidden to."
So, European political choices are laid down in constitutional form. As an example, Article III-124 on environmental policy states that it "shall be based on the precautionary principle and on the principles that preventive action should be taken, that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source and that the polluter should pay." Greenpeace could not have asked for more, really. It is perfectly possible to envisage a situation where a member government trying to pull out of its Kyoto agreements, having realized how damaging they are for its economy, is taken to court for unconstitutional action.
The EU constitution is in many ways the complete opposite of the U.S. Constitution. It protects institutions' powers and enumerates rights. It limits its member states' freedoms while accruing powers based on one political worldview to the center. It is not something that Jefferson or, for that matter, Madison would regard as a just settlement. The draft reflects not so much the will of the people as the will of pressure groups — labor unions, NGOs, and other single interest groups — all collected together in one vast, 224-page manifesto. In selling out to these lobbies, Giscard has shown himself to be not Europe's Madison, but its Benedict Arnold.
— Iain Murray is a senior fellow in the International Policy Group at the Competitive Enterprise Institute
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Syrian Crisis: Turkey Getting Patriot Missiles, Some U.S. Troops To Operate Them
Originally published on Fri December 14, 2012 7:12 am
"The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from a potential Syrian missile attack, the Pentagon said Friday." (The Associated Press)
CNN adds that "Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed the order en route to Turkey, where he is visiting Incirlik Air Base, Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters."
Panetta told CBS News that when the systems are in place, in about a month, Turkey "will be able to have a pretty complete defense missile protection system ... because of their concerns about that region and the threats that they think they are confronting." The 400 U.S. military personnel will be in Turkey to operate the systems.
The New York Times says "the American batteries will be part of a broader push to beef up Turkey's defenses that will also include the deployment of four other Patriot batteries — two from Germany and two from the Netherlands. All six units will be under NATO's command and control and are scheduled to be operational by the end of January, according to officials in Washington."
"The deployment approved by Mr. Panetta would mark a sharp expansion of the Pentagon's role along Syria's borders and comes amid increasing U.S. concern that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under pressure from rebel forces, could resort to using chemical weapons. The U.S. says Mr. Assad recently used Scud missiles as part of his offensive against rebels, alarming countries in the region."
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Some scientists say they found our tenth planet. They say it's bigger than Pluto, and three times as far from the sun as Pluto.
The guy who found it has proposed a name for it. But they're keeping that secret. I think we need to get some investigative journalists working on this story.
There's also talk of revoking Pluto's planet privileges. Some say it's just a pseudo-planet because it's smaller than the rest and has a weird orbit.
If they drop the count to eight
I plan to call it PlanetGate.
Who would dare call Pluto
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Those affected by Sandy can vote via affidavit ballot
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NEW YORK STATE -- Those affected by Hurricane Sandy will be able to vote anywhere in the state with an affidavit ballot Tuesday.
Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order allowing voters registered in federally declared disaster counties to vote at any poll site in the state, if they are unable to do so at their regular polling place. Those counties are New York, Bronx, Queens, Kings, Nassau, Richmond, Westchester and Suffolk counties.
This will allow anyone to vote in the Presidential race and state wide races. However, anyone who sought refuge outside of their voting district may not be able to vote for local officials.
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Dallas leads the nation in the percentage of teen births that aren't the mother's first delivery, a nonpartisan national research group finds in a new report.
Dallas had the highest percentage of teen births that are repeat births - 28 percent - among 73 major U.S. cities in 2006, the latest year for which city-level data are available.
Texas has the highest repeat rate of any state - 23 percent of teen births. And five of the 15 worst-ranked cities are in Texas, according to the group Child Trends, in a report to be released Wednesday.
"That's not where we want to be, for sure," said Sarah Wheat, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood in Austin.
Texas had the highest repeat rate of any state for the sixth consecutive year.
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CauseWired doesn't just have something to say, it has a real, direct connection to what we're both doing right now, and what we're (all of us) doing more and more every day in the 21st century: connecting electronically about the things that matter to us. So this is a book I'm excited about, and want to see spread as widely as possible.
And that's why I want to give away as many of those bound galleys as possible, to bloggers and podcasters, to forum junkies and Facebook super-users, to LiveJournal mavens and MySpace eyeball-destroyers, to people who live in the wired world and who want to know what's going on there. If you want to read this book before it's published, and you have somewhere (preferably online) to talk to people about it afterwards, I'd like to send you a copy. Also, if you work at a bookstore and think your customers might want to know about CauseWired, you qualify as well.
(I've got a few hundred in total, but some of those have to go to the old-fashioned media, and a bunch have already been claimed by bloggers who saw the author's similar request yesterday. Let's say that there's at least a hundred for people who reply to this, and possibly more.)
Here's how I've been pitching it to the big blogs and online media:
CauseWired is the first book to examine how today’s online social networks are changing the charitable, political and consumer landscapes – making businesses and charities more transparent and responsive, making governments more accountable, raising money for and electing candidates, and connecting people to each other and to their causes more strongly than ever before. There have been many books on the techniques and effects of digital media, but none that mapped the explosion of the social web and its effect on the political and charitable worlds. From Barack Obama raising millions through small Internet donations to anti-globalization flash mobs to the vocabulary quiz of FreeRice.com, we now live in a world intensely wired, and utterly connected.For more information on CauseWired and Tom Watson, you could check out the Amazon page for the book, or Tom's Author page on the CauseWired blog, or the most recent posts on that blog.
CauseWired is written by Tom Watson, who knows the philanthropic and wired worlds like no one else. He’s been inside Internet start-ups and reported on them, and has been Chief Strategy Officer for the leading philanthropic consultancy Changing Our World for eight years. He’s worked at the confluence of media technology and social change for the past decade, and there’s no one better than him to tell this story.
If you're interested, you can comment here, but the best thing to do is to e-mail me at work (where the galleys actually are) -- awheeler at wiley dot com. I'll be sending them out as long as they last.
Thanks for your time; I'll go back to ranting about science fiction really soon -- I promise. (Anybody do anything appalling over the weekend that I should be complaining about?)
Edit, two hours later: I should mention that I also have CauseWired as a PDF -- it's what we made the galleys from -- if there's anyone, for whatever reason, would prefer to have it in that form. (Particularly if you're outside North America, I guess.)
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Mentoring: A friend in-deed
Written by Gayle Starling-Melvin
May 1, 2002
Caught? Or taught? Those two words describe how one's Christian faith can be formed.
For some, being raised in a Christian environment means that they absorb the faith as naturally as rays from the sun and wear it like their own skin. For others, someone else—or a community of faith—helps them understand the basics of the faith before they decide to make it their own.
That was Kiely Todd's situation.
While Todd was in her teens, living with her family in Billings, Mont., she unabashedly described herself as an agnostic.
"I knew there was something to believe in," she says. "I just didn't know what. I couldn't find a church I felt comfortable with, but that was fine with me."
Then she met Ann Hanson.
At the time, Hanson was the volunteer leader for the Sunday morning youth group at Mayflower Congregational UCC. In 1995, when Todd was 18, the Rev. Jeff Barton, Mayflower's pastor, wrote a letter to the editor of the Billings Gazette supporting the rights of gays, especially in the church. He wrote that all persons were welcome into his church, no matter what their sexual orientation.
After reading the article, Todd's father experienced a connection. If a pastor would take the time to write a public letter proclaiming Mayflower's position on this tough issue, then this might be an ideal church for him and his family.
So Todd and her father went to church for a "test drive" one Sunday. While her father mingled with other worshipers, Todd sought out the youth group and found a half-dozen teenagers conversing with Ann Hanson. She stayed to listen.
"We talked about personal or religious issues," says Hanson, "any problems they had or simply what they did over the weekend. They learned from me and I learned from them. It was a mutual sponge."
Today Hanson is Minister for Children, Families and Human Sexuality Advocacy with the UCC's Justice and Witness Ministries. As she reflects on how one's faith is formed, she says a mentor can help a young person's faith journey by being willing to listen and by sharing his or her own faith story.
"But even before that," she says, "for Kiely and her dad, the initial invitation was in the pastor's letter to the editor. We need to do more evangelism like that."
Todd flourished at Mayflower.
"I'm a passionate believer of justice and human rights for everybody, not just a chosen few," she says. "If I was ever going to join a church, I had to be true to myself. I knew I would never be a member of a church if I felt the least bit unwelcome."
At Mayflower, two things happened: Todd's faith grew and she and Hanson became close friends.
Even after Todd went off to Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., she kept Hanson's teachings at heart.
"Ann opened up all possibilities to me," she says. "I knew I could do and be anything and all things as college prepared me. Ann and I stayed in touch constantly by phone, visits and e-mail." The friendship continued after Hanson relocated to Cleveland.
While in the Twin Cities, Todd began attending Minnehaha UCC in Minneapolis. Here she says she has found "real people making real differences and decisions on things in their lives."
Currently Todd is studying for a master's in religion and theology at UCC-related United Theological Seminary in New Brighton, Minn., and a master's in public policy at the University of Minnesota.
Next year she will be married. Her fiancé is a chemist and a Roman Catholic. The service will include a UCC pastor, a priest and Hanson.
From being unchurched to attending seminary, Todd knows she has done a 180 degree turn-around. One thing Todd is sure of since her days of labeling herself an agnostic: "I now know that I am a Christian," she says.
One thing Hanson is sure of, too: None of this would have happened if a pastor had not had the courage to speak out against injustice and a church had not embraced a stranger who came asking questions.
"There are other ways through the door to a journey of faith," she says. "But for Kiely those two things made all the difference."
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Today's modern vehicle is equipped with dozens of safety features. Seat belts, active head restraints, dual front air bags, side air bags, collapsible steering columns, shatterproof safety glass, anti-lock brakes, and traction control are now standard equipment on many new vehicles. Other new innovations include parking-assist systems that help drivers detect obstacles too close for comfort, and onboard navigation systems that tell drivers where they are and where they need to go. Electronic keys that allow a vehicle to start only when there's a precise match between the vehicle's ignition and a transponder embedded in the ignition key are now common. Other new ideas include self-dimming rear-view mirrors that dim when hit by bright light and then return to normal when the light disappears; xenon (ZEE-non) headlights that approximate natural daylight; and day-time running lights that increase your visibility and make you more visible to other drivers. Another new breakthrough is the 'smart air-bag' that differentiates between the weight of a child, adult, or empty passenger seat and deploys only as necessary. Safety features are becoming more and more precise and technically advanced with each new line of vehicles. Read your owner's manual. Knowing which safety features are on your own car, truck or SUV (S-U-V) and knowing exactly how they work, could save your life.
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Debit card transaction volumes have increased because a combination of technology and innovative entrepreneurs. And that has helped push the cash cards into parts of the payments universe where they have never been before.
Now, a person can use their debit card to, for example, pay a professional like an accountant or therapist, pay a tradesman on site such as a plumber, contractor or tree removal firm, or buy fruit at a farmers market.
One leading firm exemplifying this new payments expansion is Square, a San Francisco-based company that has been revolutionizing the approach to payments with technology, design, customer service and pricing advances.
Founded only four years ago, Square has grown to now process more than $10 billion in payments per year for some 40,000 retail merchants across the country, up from only 200 in 2011.
Further, 7,000 Starbucks coffee shops have adopted it and if all of its transactions were at one retail store, the company would be the 20th largest retailer in the U.S, according to company spokesman Faryl Ury.
Ury said the company targeted small retailers, professionals and others which had never taken cards before as its first market, but soon found that other retailers were looking for a simpler, sleeker and more customer friendly way of processing payments.
“Square was a great solution for cash-only businesses that wanted to accept credit cards,” Ury wrote in an email response to questions. “However, we have seen tremendous Square adoption among larger brick-and-mortar businesses. Many of these businesses already had ways to accept credit cards – but still chose to switch to Square because (of what) we offer.”
The first benefit is a relatively low entry price. The company claims a business can get up and running with Square quickly, easily and cheaply compared to the previous requirements for setting up a point-of-sale system.
Companies that already take cards are attracted to Square because the hardware and software are free and the pricing is very simple. Square charges 2.75% per card swipe or $275 per month. “This monthly pricing can bring down fees to as low as1.3% per swipe,” Ury wrote.
Further, Square provides a wealth of transaction data at no charge to users. “Store owners might be wondering: Do we sell more candy or more chips? Do frozen food sales go up during dinner time or on the weekends?" Ury said.
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By Jon Leyne
BBC News, Tehran
Mr Solana was on a charm offensive in Iran
They are not usually used to the limelight. In fact you might imagine them blinking as they emerge into the sunshine.
The political directors of the foreign policy departments of the great powers are the archetypal bureaucrats - more used to influencing policy behind closed doors, than appearing before the glare of television lights.
But in the stylish residence of the German ambassador to Iran, they took their place alongside the EU foreign policy envoy Javier Solana, in what was, not for the first time in Tehran, a rather bizarre news conference.
The aim was to demonstrate the unity of the international community, in the face of Iran's nuclear programme. In the event, it showed rather the opposite.
Mr Solana's mission was to bring a new package of incentives, designed to encourage Iran to suspend the enrichment of uranium - the process the West fears could be used to make a nuclear bomb.
But while he was in the process of delicately explaining his offer to various Iranian officials, US President George W Bush jumped the gun, and announced that Iran had already rejected the package "out of hand".
In fact, as Mr Solana quietly explained later on, Iran has agreed to take away the ideas and think about them.
It was more than just a misunderstanding on Mr Bush's part.
What was so striking was the difference in tone. President Bush was quick to condemn the Iranian government at the earliest opportunity.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran's nuclear intentions are peaceful
Mr Solana came full of diplomatic optimism, with a mission to charm and persuade the Iranians of the merits of this proposal.
Not that anyone ever expected any miracles.
The package brought to Tehran by Mr Solana includes a series of proposals designed to help Iran develop a civilian nuclear programme.
There are economic incentives as well. All available to Iran if it suspends the enrichment of uranium.
Mr Bush was quite correct that the Iranian government spokesman did announce, just as the talks were beginning, that Iran was not willing to accept that condition.
It is something that Iranian Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or one of his officials probably repeats almost every day of the year. So it was not exactly a surprise.
And that was not the only flaw in this initiative.
The countries represented alongside Mr Solana were Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China. Nobody from the US.
Mr Solana is aware that a deal with Iran is not close
Washington does not hold direct talks with Tehran. Yet if there is a solution to this crisis, surely relations between Iran and the United States are pivotal.
Is it really credible to believe, as this offer proposes, that the US would co-operate in helping to build a nuclear reactor in Iran, while the many other arguments between the two countries remain?
Would the US Congress really vote money for the project, while American generals complain of Iranian weapons being used against their troops in Iraq, and Israel complains of Iranian rockets being delivered to Hamas and Hezbollah?
Equally, for any deal to be attractive to Iran, it would surely have to include the lifting of American economic sanctions, much more important than the relatively light UN embargo.
A commitment from Washington that regime change is not an option, would also be crucial.
When I put that issue to Mr Solana, he insisted that the nuclear question was the key - solve that and everything else follows.
But under the previous Iranian president, uranium enrichment was indeed suspended. It did not even lead to the solution of the nuclear crisis, let alone anything else.
Mr Solana and his team are under no illusions of this. One reason, perhaps, why they left after barely 24 hours in the Iranian capital.
This is not a promising time for a diplomatic initiative. But they want to keep the channels open. Even if Mr Ahmadinejad is not persuadable, perhaps his critics might be more amenable.
After all, it is not just America that is gearing up for a presidential election.
Mr Ahmadinejad also faces a tough battle for re-election in a year's time as well. So there could soon be different presidents in both Washington and Tehran.
And for the many governments, very seriously concerned about even the possibility that Iran might get a nuclear bomb, for the moment no-one seems to have any better ideas about how to proceed.
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Don’t get me wrong, I am not looking down on home-cooked food.
(Why should I? I am one who highly promotes it.)
I think the effort of parents preparing food at home is commendable.
It’s a lot of work and thinking and trying and making mistakes.
There are many reasons why parents cook at home.
One of them is to save money.
Secondly, it might be health reason.
I am more of the latter.
Is home-cooked food really healthy?
Although it’s better to eat in but whether it’s healthy or not, it’s dependent on two factors.
One, ingredients. Fresh and organic are the best bet.
Two, the way you cook them. Deep fried is absolute no-no. Eating raw is the best.
Some parents, even though they cook, they still use all types of seasonings that are hazardous to health.
Some of them include stocks, table salt, oyster sauce, tomato sauce, and other pre-mixed stuff. The killer of all is MSG.
Most ready made products off the shelve are not healthy. You’re not sure what they put inside. Not to mention the coloring and preservatives those products contain.
When you cook, refrain yourself from using these seasoning products. Use natural seasonings such as herbs, lemon juice and try to stick to natural ingredients as much as possible.
Don’t trick yourself that if you cook at home, the food will be healthy - unless you stick to healthy ingredients and healthy way of preparing food.
I share more in “The Nonconformist’s Guide Parenting” on what I feed my family.
Put on your apron and find out more here:
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UPDATE 2-Ottawa pledges Newfoundland power project loan guarantees
* Loan guarantee for C$6.3 bln, total project cost C$7.4 bln
* Project may lower power rates in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia
* Quebec protests the deal
OTTAWA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Canada's federal government will provide a loan guarantee of up to C$6.3 billion ($6.3 billion) for Lower Churchill River hydro-electric projects in Labrador in a move that could cut the cost of power to residents of two Atlantic provinces.
The loan guarantee, announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday, is intended to give new impetus to the long-stalled Muskrat Falls hydro-electric generation station near the Quebec border in Labrador and to three transmission projects.
The loan allows the project proponents to seek financing at lower costs, eventually making electricity cheaper for residents of the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia.
"The federal loan guarantee will lower the costs of borrowing for the proponents, with projected savings of over a billion dollars for ratepayers in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia," Harper's office said in a statement.
The guarantee, which Harper promised in the 2011 federal election campaign, will remain valid for 35 to 40 years. The term sheet for the deal was signed by Ottawa, the premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia and by the two energy companies involved.
Newfoundland and Labrador has been looking since the 1970s at harnessing the Lower Churchill River, which can produce more power than the province needs, but it did not start active development until the last decade.
In November 2010, Newfoundland government-owned Nalcor Energy and Nova Scotia-based Emera Inc announced plans to develop the 824-megawatt Muskrat Falls plant and related transmission lines.
The estimated cost of the projects is C$7.4 billion. Muskrat Falls is expected to start operations in mid-2017, generating 4.9 million megawatt-hours (MWh) annually.
Nalcor will build and own 100 percent of Muskrat Falls and will also build one of the transmission lines through a joint venture with Emera.
It will build the Lower Churchill project in two phases, the first at Muskrat Falls and the second 2,250-MW phase at Gull Island.
The cheap and clean power produced at Muskrat Falls could also attract buyers in New England.
The project plays into a longstanding dispute between Newfoundland and Quebec over energy development on the Churchill River. The dispute spurred Newfoundland and Nova Scotia to become partners to find a way to deliver power to other markets while bypassing Quebec.
Quebec's new separatist government immediately criticized the loan guarantee, saying Ottawa was giving preferential treatment to one region.
The federal government said the Muskrat Falls facility would reduce up to 4.5 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually.
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- wing + suit (Wiktionary)
“For the jump he wore a "wingsuit", a specialised garment with fabric "wings" filling the space between his arms and body and between his legs.”
“ski-basing" - a combination of skiing and Base jumping in which you hurtle off the top of a mountain on skis, release them in mid-air and sail down the mountainside in a "wingsuit" like a flying squirrel, before finally deploying a parachute - which claimed his life last year:”
“Via Jon Armstrong: wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.”
“Leo Houlding, for example, parachuted into Baffin Island in the Arctic Circle, then spent weeks climbing an iced-up rock tower called Mount Asgard, only to leap from the top in a wingsuit.”
“When they reached the top Rosoz donned a wingsuit and glided for about 45 seconds before pulling his parachute.”
“You also have to keep in mind that it's one of the most dangerous activities, and that many of the greatest wingsuit BASE jumpers are already dead or will be dead within a matter of years.”
“After you become HIGHLY proficient at wingsuit BASE several hundred wingsuit BASE jumps, you can then maybe start trying to proximity fly like these guys.”
“At the beginning of wingsuit basejumping we were trying to get as far from the wall as possible, so basically clearing out the whole thing... and now its getting boring...”
“Once you have about 50-100 wingsuit skydives and 50-100 regular BASE jumps, you can then start flying a wingsuit on BASE jumps.”
“It takes an unbeleaveable amount of skill and experience to control a wingsuit, however easy these guys make it look.”
‘wingsuit’ hasn't been added to any lists yet.
Looking for tweets for wingsuit.
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Crockpot Chicken and Veggie Broth
I’ve made this recipe twice in the past few weeks, which has resulted in a somewhat alarming amount of broth in the freezer. Here’s a few reason’s why it’s worth clearing out some extra freezer space:
- Homemade broth is nature’s multivitamin – the bones from the chicken provide valuable minerals including calcium (and in a way that is more easily absorbed by the body than milk). A good summary of these benefits with additional links can be found here.
- It tastes amazing, and will make all your broth-based recipes taste better.
- Great if you don’t feel well. Three words: chicken noodle soup. Or even easier, just drink the broth.
- It’s easy and economical to make – and it uses up leftover veggies as well as helps justify the cost of an organic chicken since you’re using it for the meat and the broth.
I basically used this post from Nourishing Days blog, and this one from 100 days of Real Food, for inspiration. It’s good to read through to get some tips and tricks and cooking time estimates – but other than that, this is one of the most versatile recipes there is.
Here’s how I made it:
Buy an organic rotisserie chicken (or make a roast chicken if you’re feeling adventurous). Remove the meat for other meals, and put the entire remaining carcass in the crockpot. Side note: If you are discussing this in a public place, be prepared for people to ask things like “Pardon me, did you just say carcass?”. Just nod confidently.
Add whatever random vegetables you have to the crockpot (except maybe asparagus, broccoli, brussel sprouts, or cauliflower – those might be a bit too intense).
Here’s where the “composting” comes in, every time you chop up veggies, or make kale or collard greens – save the pieces like the stems and ends that you aren’t going to use. Or if you have carrots that have been in the fridge a bit too long (not rotting, just a bit past their prime) – then toss them in a bag in your freezer like below:
Then when you’re ready to make broth, pull out your freezer bag, and toss the frozen veggie pieces in with the chicken.
This batch had kale stems, chopped up onion and carrots – and I added a piece of garlic (just cut the clove or two in half) and a piece of ginger (which I keep in the freezer).
Then if you want to really go wild (relatively speaking) – add a piece of Kombu (also goes by it’s equally delicious sounding name – “Sea Cabbage”) on top. This is entirely optional, but as long as you can find it, it’s a pretty easy way to add some extra nutrition and flavor to the broth.
Add enough cold filtered water to cover the chicken and vegetables. Per the 100 days of Real Food instructions, I added about two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to the mixture, and let it sit for one hour. According to the site, this helps get more minerals out of the chicken bones. Again, another great conversation starter for your next get-together.
Cover, and cook on low. I’ve seen a range of cooking times, but I did this batch for 12 hours. Your house will smell amazing, and then you’ll be sad because there’s no actual food. Sorry about that, Steve.
Once it’s done, I used tongs to remove the majority of the chicken and veggies so it would be easier to pour out the broth.
Then set a large bowl in the sink with a fine mesh strainer on top, and pour the remaining broth into it. Remove the strainer and this is what you end up with. Awesome, right?
My favorite way to store this is to let it cool for a bit, then pour into ice cube trays. For a large crockpot of broth, you’ll need about six ice cube trays. Or you can freeze them one at a time and keep the bowl of broth covered in the fridge. Depends on your patience level and how many episodes of Grey’s Anatomy you have stored on your DVR.
Once the cubes are frozen (about 5-6 hours), put them into several gallon sized ziploc baggies and label them. I started to double bag to help reduce freezer burn, and also prefer the bags that slide closed – easier to take out and reclose from the freezer.
The cubes are great because they defrost fast and you can pull exactly the amount you want out. Plus they work well for when you just need a little broth as flavoring.
If I’m making a large batch of soup, I’ll melt down the cubes on the stove or in the microwave, and then add some filtered water – usually about 3/4 broth to 1/4 water, or half broth and half water. It depends on your preference and how concentrated the broth is to start with. Add in some brown rice (some people might use the steam in the bag kind – no one’s judging), chicken (you already have some on hand, remember?), and veggies.
Also, try adding a broth cube the next time you cook greens. Cook the greens in olive oil first for a minute, and then add a frozen cube and keep cooking until the cube melts. Just as good as the original recipe but it softens the greens up a bit more and adds instant flavor.
Or if you want your dog to love you forever, give them a frozen broth cube outside on a hot day. Consider it a much less expensive frozen woofie.
And that’s how you do broth, baby!
(Cake Boss reference, anyone?)
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A Conversation with Dandelion Chocolate
We recently introduced chocolate bars from San Francisco-based Dandelion Chocolate in our shops. Made in small batches with beans from Madagascar, Venezuela, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic, the bars are crafted on site at their factory in the Mission, which also houses a cafe featuring a rotating menu of drinking chocolates and unique desserts that change daily. Our Hayes Valley team caught up with Dandelion Chocolate Maker Alice Nystrom:
Where does your name come from?
We went through a long list of possible names — people names, place names, made-up words, and more. Ultimately, we liked Dandelion because it’s very real. We work straight from the bean, and we keep our ingredients very simple, only cocoa beans and cane sugar. Many chocolate companies aren’t as clear about how their product is made or who makes their chocolate. We wanted our company and our name to be very honest. Also, dandelions have a great childhood nostalgia. We hope our chocolate factory captures some of that same childlike awe.
How and why did you decide to start making chocolate?
I met the co-founders of Dandelion Chocolate, Todd Masonis and Cameron Ring, a few years ago. At the time, they worked in a garage, tinkering with beans and machines, figuring out how to make chocolate. I loved getting to learn from what they were doing and I’ve been making chocolate ever since. Because most chocolate machinery and processes are designed for an industrial scale, there’s a lot to learn in order to make chocolate in small batches. I love that challenge and the finished product is a great reward.
What kind of beans do you use, and where do you source them?
We use cocoa beans from around the tropics. Right now, we’re making bars from Madagascar, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. There aren’t many fine cacao growers, so we found most of our s through a little online research and talking to other chocolate makers. We aim to visit all of the farms that grow our beans. Everyone benefits from this direct connection. We get better beans and we’ll pay the farmer more for the work it takes to grow them. I was lucky enough to trek around the world to Madagascar. I even got to see a lemur!
What is unique or different about the beans from each country of origin?
Farms and farmers have so much control over a cocoa bean’s flavor. First, there’s the terroir of the beans, just like with coffee or wine. The farm that grows our beans in Madagascar also grows pepper, ylang ylang, vanilla, bananas, and more. Because of this, the beans are packed with flavor. They’re ripe, fruity, and sour. The farmer will harvest the beans, ferment, and dry them before shipment. If these processes are done well, they can develop flavor precursors and release acetic acid from the bean. We’re lucky enough to have a few sources of beautifully grown beans. Once we have great beans, we say that we get out of the way. We process them very lightly and let their flavor shine through in the finished product.
The chocolate is made here in the Mission. Can you tell us a little about the process?
Our chocolate is made start-to-finish on Valencia Street! We prep, roast, crack, sort, winnow, grind, and temper the bars, then package them in handmade paper. We’ve built, fixed, and overhauled each of our machines. Each step is on display and we encourage guests in our cafe to watch and learn.
What should we try at your new cafe space? Do you have a favorite item on the menu?
Oh! It’s so hard to pick a favorite. I love our pastry chef, Phil Ogiela, and he puts such care into everything he makes. If you come to visit, you should cozy up with a hot chocolate, a few homemade marshmallows, and pick a treat to go with them. My favorite treat today is our spiced angel food cake. But, Phil changes the pastries daily, so your favorite may be something entirely new.
Are you working on any new flavors or experimenting with anything at the moment?
Our chocolate makers are in the process of working with three new beans! One of them will go entirely to our cafe baking, but two will become new bars. Both new bars are from Venezuela, from Patanemo and Ocumare. The Patanemo is nutty and dark, and the Ocumare is more florall. Both are still in the works, but I’m already excited.
You’ve collaborated with a variety of local food and beverage partners, including a few Mission favorites. What were some of your favorite projects?
I love this neighborhood. I also love working with our neighbors. We’ve paired chocolate and cheese next door at Mission Cheese, paired beer with the guys from Abbot’s Cellar, and I had the most delicious pork belly and mole, made with our chocolate, by the chefs at Bi-Rite. It’s a tasty corner of the city!
Many thanks to Alice, Todd, and Cameron! You can find their chocolate bars at any of our shops, and visit their factory/cafe at 740 Valencia Street.
- Photos courtesy of Dandelion ChocolateThis entry was posted on Thursday, February 21st, 2013 at 4:49 pm and is filed under Food, In Stock, New Arrivals. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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Yo. This is REALLY OLD. I wrote it in 1999 over on marychen.com. I kind of want to re-visit some parts of it… but here it is!
Section One: Dating and Open Season.
Rule One-One. Rules were made to be broken.
Rule One-Two. A friend shall be defined herein as another girl with whom you are acquainted and whom you would feel comfortable calling without an express reason. A girlfriend of a boy whom a girl is interested in pursuing and whom the girl has met and found to be personable and a clear adherent to the Girl Code of Honor shall also, for our purposes, be considered a friend.
A boyfriend shall herein be defined as any male or female romantic interest who has expressed reciprocal romantic interest in the girl party.
The term boy shall herein be used to describe any pursued party, male or female.
Involvement is defined as the time from which the first kiss to the time when one party officially declares his or her intent to see other people, and therefore includes any amount of time in that period during which both parties were exclusively dating each other.
Hooking up shall be defined as kissing, on the lips, for more than two seconds, or with parted lips. Hooking Up shall also include any expressly sexual touching, such as finger sucking, leg rubbing, or other nondescriptly sensuous touching, but shall not include hand-holding.
Open Season shall be defined as the state in which a boy may be approached, pursued and/or hooked up with, without reproach from any ex-girlfriend, including one who is also the pursuing party’s friend.
- I-3subA) If the boy in question makes sexual advances at the friend which are not unwelcome, she shall refrain from hooking up with said boy until 1.) the girlfriend has dumped said boyfriend and declared Open Season on him, or 2.) until the boyfriend has dumped the girlfriend and the girlfriend has had adequate time (at last one third of the total involvement time.)
to understand that their relationship was not in her best interest.
- I-3subB) Should this secondary relationship come to fruition, girlfriend number two is duly warned that the boyfriend is probably scum, and should erect any walls necessary to protect herself from his ravages.
- I-3subC) No girl shall ever, ever pursue, for romantic or sexual purposes, the Love of Her Friend’s Life.
Rule One-Four. A girl may not deny Open Season privileges to a girl whom she cannot consider a friend.
Rule One-Five. Open Season shall be declared on the boy, without the express permission of the ex-girlfriend, if:
- I-5subA) The boy has broken all contact with the girlfriend for at least one half of their total time of involvement, or, if their total time of involvement amounts to fewer than six months, the total time of involvement.
- I-5subB) The ex-girlfriend has found a newer, cuter, better boy but still wishes to maintain an irrational hold on her ex-boyfriend.
Rule One-Six. The right to deny Open Season shall not be granted
to any girl who:
- I-6subA) Cheated more than two times or with more than one party on the boyfriend before being “dumped.”
- I-6subB) Has aided in the infidelity of the boyfriend of the girl petitioning for Open Season in the past three years. (After both girls reach age thirty five, this number is increased to five.)
- I-6subC) Has aided in the infidelity of the petitioning party’s Love of Her Life.
Rule One-Seven. It is acceptable practice to ask the ex-girlfriend if she has indeed declared Open Season on an ex-boyfriend, however, such a feat should be executed with the utmost care and discretion.
Rule One-Eight. In a social situation in which more than three quarters of the parties are male, all girls involved should exchange names and, if prudent and comfortable, dating resumes, to insure against unsightly displays and/or misunderstandings.
Section Two: Declaring the Love of Your Life.
Rule Two-One. A boy may not be declared the Love of any girl’s life if he has never expressed an equal and reciprocal love for the declaring girl, though he does not need to declare the declaring party the Love of His Life.
Rule Two-Two. A boy may not be declared the Love of any girl’s life in retrospect if she treated him like shit the whole time they were going out. However, if she treated him fairly but merely did not realize at the time that he was indeed the Love of Her Life, she may declare him the Retrospective Love of Her Life, with the same rights
and privileges as a Regular Love of Her Life.
Rule Two-Three. No girl may have more than one Love of her Life at one time, though she may have both a boyfriend and Love of Her Life.
- II-3subA) Should any girl wish to declare a new Love of Her Life, she must first declare Open Season on the former Love of Her Life.
- II-3subB) Should a girl name two simultaneous Loves of Her Life, she forfeits her right to deny Open Season on either boy.
Section Three: Fashion.
Rule Three-One. No girl shall knowingly wear the same perfume as her friend on a night that they plan to be in the same place.
- III-1subA) A girl can declare a perfume her own if she started wearing it first.
- III-1subB) In cases of prevented conflict, the girl who can claim the perfume as her own has the primary right to wear it.
Rule Three-Two. No girl shall purchase a distinctive item of clothing which she is aware her friend owns without express permission from the friend.
Rule Three-Three. No girl shall borrow an item of clothing without asking the clothing owner’s permission, unless both parties have made an official decision to waive this rule in the context of their friendship.
Rule Three-Four. Borrowed items of clothing should be returned upon the next meeting of the borrower and lender. No item of clothing should be returned stained or smelling. Invisible and scentless soil shall not require laundering on the part of the borrower.
Section Four: Secrets
Rule Four-One. A secret shall be defined as any piece of information which the declaring party has expressly labeled as such, either before or after making the information known, or which both girls can infer would be harmful to the secret-keeping party should it become exposed.
Rule Four-Two. The penalty for exposing a secret to an unauthorized party shall be exile from Girlville.
Rule Four-Three. A girl who can substantially claim that she was not aware that a piece of information was a secret at the time she exposed it shall not be subject to punishment.
Rule Four-Four. Should a girl be privy to a secret from an outside party and she feels it would benefit her friend to know this secret as well, it is only her duty to tell the friend if:
- IV-4subA) she and the girl are at least one and a half times as emotionally close as she and the secret keeper.
- IV-4subB) the secret sheds light on an otherwise completely undetectable negative aspect of the Unknowing’s boyfriend.
Rule Four-Five. Should an unpleasant secret be revealed to a girl, she shall not blame the secret-exposer for the information contained in the secret.
Should any girl find reasonable fault with the definitions, rules, or guidelines expressed in this document, she is instructed to either lighten the fuck up or to comment below.
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"Why my Visual Studio debugger is not working for my Silverlight application?" - it's not a new question. People ask this several time in different forums. If you search on net, you may probably find the solution. But, in this post I am just sharing the solution once again for my blog readers and anyone on the net who may face similar issue in future.
In this post, I will share you 4 small tips. Just follow the steps from top to bottom and let me know which one resolved your problem. This tip might not be a new thing for you but don't forget to share to others. This could be useful for them.
One of my blog reader "Raksha" was facing an issue with her Visual Studio debugger. She was not able to find out the way to enable the debugging feature and came to my blog to ask me this question for help:
While working with the Silverlight application, I found that it is not following the breakpoints while running the application. Please suggest a way so that I can debug the Silverlight application using the breakpoints.
There could be some possibilities for that, but let me first tell you that the debugger works in Internet Explorer only. If you are using any browser other than Internet Explorer, you may notice this issue. There are some hacks but I am not interested on that to discuss here. So in such case, just use the IE and that could help you.
If you are facing the same issue in Internet Explorer and my friend @debug_mode is still searching the way to debug it , you should first check whether the Silverlight debugging is enabled for your Silverlight project. To do this, just follow the below mentioned steps:
- Right click on the Web Application project that comes with Silverlight project
- From the context menu, chose "Properties". This will open the properties window in the screen
- As shown in the above screenshot, click the tab named "Web" from the left panel. This will open the web settings window in the right panel
- Scroll the Window down until you see the "Debuggers" group (as shown above)
- There the checkbox for "Silverlight" should be checked by default, if not click it to check.
- Save settings and restart the application in debug mode by pressing F5
Generally this is one of the main reason and people face it due to this option is unchecked.
If the above two solutions fails, there could be an issue with your Visual Studio debugger. It may fail to attach the respective process in memory. To resolve this, run the Silverlight application in debug mode and check whether the breakpoint details are loaded in memory. If not, attach the process of the Silverlight application to the IE and this could load the breakpoint now.
If you are still facing the same issue after following the above three steps, you may try out a different process which is not recommended though, but sometime that helps. Many time I faced same issue where it was unable to load the debugging information and the above mentioned solutions failed. So, what to do in such scenario? Follow the below steps:
- First of all, clean the solution from the Visual Studio
- Close the IDE once you cleaned the solution
- Go to the solution directory and remove all "bin" and "obj" directories
- Go to the "ClientBin" folder and remove the .XAP files
- Open the solution in Visual Studio now
- Rebuild the solution and hit F5 to start the debugging
This time it will load for sure and if not, try to reset the Visual Studio settings by calling the "devenv /resetsettings" command. Again, the final solution is not recommended unless you failed to resolve this by following the first three steps.
Solution FiveAs suggested by Paul in the below comments section, you may try out removing the Solution User Options (.suo) file present in your solutions directory.
Still have issues?
Drop a line below with your findings. If you have any better solution for that, also share it here. This could help other to resolve it by following your steps. Thank you for reading this tip. Don't forget to share with others.CodeProject
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Mobile Devices & Your Network
For most, smart phones & tablets (smart devices) are a necessary part of our lives…both personally and professionally and become our constant companions. So it stands to reason that we should be selective in who or what we chose to spend so much time with.
So, what should you look for in a new smart device to ensure that your needs are met and that your new companion will play nicely with the rest of your technology?
Here are some points to consider during the selection process:
- All smart devices are NOT created equally and it’s the applications that set them apart. When looking for a smart device, don’t be sold on all the bells and whistles packaged in a sleek sexy package. Instead plan out your needs. Do you need access into your business network? Remote apps connect differently. While some devices connect natively, others may require special applications on the server side ($$) to make it work. Even better (or worse if this is you), some smart devices might not run the applications needed AT ALL.
- Compatibility: Will they play nicely with your other devices and network or will you need to add other hardware and or software to make them work properly?
Now, being a dutiful companion means that we take our beloved devices to work with us and so do our employees. This leaves your company network exposed (and who really likes being exposed).
Here are some tips/points to remember to keep your network safe and secure when using mobile devices:
- Remote connections to the network: There are several apps that allow you to remotely connect to your business network – almost all of these allow you to save your username/password credentials. A lost phone or tablet makes it very EASY to access the network because most people allow the device to store these credentials. Never allow an application, website, browser, device to store your login information no matter how much simpler it will make your life.
- More on remote connections: It is important to also be aware that there are devices out there designed to steal and clone your network logins. What can you do about it? Set device passwords and make sure when you do connect to your network that you do it through a secure server. By doing so login credentials can be changed immediately once a device is lost or stolen. Swift action will minimize your risks.
- About those passwords: People I can’t stress this point enough. USE COMPLEX PASSWORDS. It’s your first line of defense. A complex password is a minimum of 8 characters in length and uses a combination of upper/lower case letters, numbers and symbols.
- Be wary of wifi. Accessing critical corporate data via unprotected means such as the public wifi is an issue waiting to happen. Again, only login through a secure server. To do this, utilize a VPN connection or a direct firewall pass through that requires login credentials.
- Siri on the iphone: Ask yourself…do you know more about technology and what it does more than IBM? Well IBM has banned Siri from their networks. Why? Because everything their employees say is sent to Apple and transcribed into text then stored for some unknown length of time and can be accessed by some unknown amount of people who have permission do unknown things with it. Additionally, in order for Siri to do a good job answering their question in the first place, it accesses contacts and other “unspecified” user data. This may not only compromise sensitive company intellectual property but put the company and/or the employee in violation of non-disclosure agreements. Are you okay with that? If you are…carry on then.
While mobile devices and nifty applications are increasingly important tools in our multi-tasking work/home life it is important to understand that just because the products are out there doesn’t mean that security holes that they create have been plugged yet.
Before you invest in any new smart device make certain that it will meet your needs, works well with others and take the steps necessary to protect yourself and your business when using it.
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, delivered an opening statement today at a hearing with former Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici and former OMB and CBO Director Alice Rivlin to discuss the report from their bipartisan debt reduction task force. Sessions argued that immediate reductions in discretionary spending will result in numerous benefits, such as spurring economic growth, easing the deficit burden by hundreds of billions of dollars, and helping to avert a debt crisis.
Sessions’ remarks, as prepared, follow:
“Senator Domenici and Dr. Rivlin, it is a great pleasure to have you here today and to get your insights on the enormous fiscal challenges confronting our nation.
The candor with which you have addressed these challenges is refreshing. As you know better than most, we are on an unsustainable debt path. The question is not whether we are headed for a crisis, but whether we act in time to prevent it.
Already, millions of Americans are feeling the effect of our crushing debt burden. It drags on our economy like an anchor—slowing growth, investment, and job creation. We were told a massive surge in federal spending would lead to a robust recovery. But after three years of trillion-dollar-plus deficits, we have a smaller fraction of Americans participating in the labor force than at any point in the last twenty-five years. Opening the floodgates of federal spending didn’t create a rising tide of prosperity, but has instead sunk our economy deeper into debt.
A much-heralded study from economists Reinhart and Rogoff spells out the danger. Countries with debt-to-GDP ratios beyond 90 percent suffer economically—losing a percentage point or more in GDP growth each year. America’s debt-to-GDP ratio has already crossed this threshold and will climb all the way to 107 percent in the budget put forward by the president.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, testifying before this committee, called the Reinhart-Rogoff study ‘excellent,’ and even cautioned that ‘it understates the risks.’
Given the danger, you would think that Congress would end its spending binge. Non-defense discretionary spending has swelled 24 percent since the president took office—and that doesn’t even include the stimulus. But the president and Democrat leaders have opposed any meaningful action. Yet the Republican proposal to cut $61 billion this year earned more votes in the Democrat-controlled Senate than the Democrat proposal to essentially ignore the problem. We can disagree on specific cuts, but not on the need for a meaningful reduction. I believe $61 billion is a good number and will continue to fight for it.
Our longer term challenge remains entitlement reform. But for Congress to have any credibility on entitlements, our first order of business must be to trim our bloated federal bureaucracy—starting with a 15-percent reduction in Congress’ budget.
The conventional wisdom in Washington is that there is a limited amount of money we can save on discretionary spending. This is a convenient myth that protects lawmakers from having to seriously examine the wasteful spending they authorize year after year.
In your proposal, you recommend $2.1 trillion in discretionary savings over the next ten years, and don’t suggest any reductions this year.
I am much more optimistic about what we can achieve. I am confident we can find significant savings now in the discretionary budget, and that doing so will reap lasting benefits.
The first of these benefits is restoring investor confidence—thus creating jobs. Washington has promised many times to curb the deficit, but mere promises will not be taken seriously unless they are paired with credible action.
Another crucial benefit is that any reductions we make now will have a magnified impact in the years to come. For instance, just an initial reduction of $61 billion this year saves $862 billion over the next ten. And if we were to freeze that lower spending level in place for five of those ten years it would save $1.65 trillion.
Perhaps the most important reason to quickly trim our discretionary budget is the potential for a debt crisis. Erskine Bowles and former senator Alan Simpson appeared before this committee last week and said that such an event could happen within one or two years. Alan Greenspan offered a similar timeline. Three major credit agencies have all cautioned that they could downgrade our credit rating. The world’s leading bond investor, Pimco, has already sold nearly all its government debt.
Imagine if we had been given such clear warnings before our last financial crisis. The time for delay is over.
We have a critical opportunity to begin a new course and this CR is it. If we listen to the American people, if we impose restraint on Washington, we will strengthen our economy today and our country tomorrow. It has worked before and it will work again. America’s promise is not a thing of the past. We have a chance now to build an even better future.”
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